The news came as no surprise to me. I ______ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
The manager is said to have arrived back from Paris where he __________ some European business partners.
When he found many people were gathering there, he went to see what __________.
He __________ that until he __________ the directions once again.
When they met again in New York, ten years __________.
__________ the time the firemen arrived, the building had been burnt to pieces.