I would appreciate ______ if you could give me a reply as soon as possible.
—I’m sorry, but the boss isn’t here yet. Shall I have him call you when he comes back?—No, I’ll call him back. If I call again in half an hour, do you think she ________ ?
You’d better not phone the manager between 7 and 8 tomorrow evening; he ________ an important meeting then.
—You could have asked Mr Johnson for help. He is kind-hearted.—I ________ that. A whole day ________.
—Why do you look worried?—Fred left the company half an hour ago. His work ________ unfinished since.
She ought to stop working; she has a headache because she ________ too long.