16.I just ... (have) breakfast when the telephone ... (ring). back to my coffee, it ... (be) cold.
17. I... (finish) my work by afternoon and ... (sit) quietly in my armchair,
thinking of the days that ... (pass).
18. Hardly we ... (leave) when our bicycle ... (break) down.
19. No sooner I... (complain) that I... (not hear) from them for a long
time than the letter ... (come).
20. Darkness ... (fall) when he finally ... (return) to the hotel. He ... (say)
nothing to Jane except that he ... (turn) down the job.
21. Andrew ... (write) the label when the surgery bell ... (ring) and a short
(enter). A dog ... (follow) him.
22. Some two centuries ago when there ... (be) no trains, cars and buses
people ... (travel) in carriages.
23. He ... (enter) the room. His boots ... (creak) and he ... (can) wake up
little George. In his arms he ... (carry) a box of sweets. She ... (look)
at her sleeping son who ... (smile) in his sleep.
24. They ... (complete) all the preparations for the party by 7 o'clock.
25. On leaving the hospital the man ... (thank) the doctor who ... (cure)
him of his disease.