Only when he reached the tea-house ______it was the same place he’d been in last year.
The news came as no surprise to me. I ______ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth _______ each year.
He was hoping to go abroad; but his parents __________ that they won’t support him unless he can borrow money from the bank.
—What were you up to when she dropped in?—I _________ for a while and __________ some reading.
—Have you heard from Janet recently?—No, but I ______ her over Christmas.