I didn’t know your telephone number; otherwise, I ______ you long ago.
— Can you believe I had to pay 30 dollars for a haircut? — You should try the barber’s shop I go. It’s only 15.
Will you help me to look for an important paper I left in my office this morning as soon as you _______?
—Would you mind my telling him the news? — _______.
Over the past decades, forest area ______ in China as a result of massive deforestation.
She was very ______ about her father’s sudden death.