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CONTINUOUS ASPECT He ... (work) in the research team for two years before he was asked to lead it.
'd been working
CONTINUOUS ASPECT They ... (come) over from head office to meet the new manager, once she's settled in.
're coming / 'II be coming / 're going to come
CONTINUOUS ASPECT We ... (go) to Greece on holiday ever since I can remember.
've been going
CONTINUOUS ASPECT I ... (work) in the garden when the news of the disaster broke.
was working / 'd been working
CONTINUOUS ASPECT You could tell he ... (not / listen); he was still working out the finances in his head.
hadn't been listening / wasn't listening
PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS At the time, the Titanic ... (say) to be the most luxurious ocean liner ever built.
was said
PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS lt ... (report) in the press that, despite the high claim of a million pounds, the insurers paid out the sum for the Titanic within thirty days.
was reported
PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS lt ... (fear) that insurance premiums will rise as a result of climate change.
is feared
PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS Since the floods it ... (agree) that a fund to repair extensive damage in the area will be set up.
has been agreed
PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS lt ... (decide) at a recent meeting that claims under a certain value would be paid immediately.
was decided
FUTURE IN THE PAST A Spanish woman, Juliana Morrell, was to become / was becoming the first woman to obtain a university degree in 1608.
was to become
FUTURE IN THE PAST For many years women were going to be / were about to be in the minority in further education.
were going to be
FUTURE IN THE PAST lt was bound to be / unlikely to be straightforward for women to get the same educational rights as men.
unlikely to be
FUTURE IN THE PAST Women would not teach / were to teach at university until Laura Bassi, an Italian, became the first to teach at a European university in 1732.
would not teach
FUTURE IN THE PAST The Edinburgh Seven, a group of female students who began studies in medicine in 1869, could not finish their studies but were / would to gain publicity for the rights of women to study at university.
were
