1. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the right form of the verb. (All the sentences are supposed to be hypothetical.)
1) I liked your face, otherwise I (not to speak) to you the way I did. 2) To have remained there any longer (to be) a senseless waste of time. 3) But for a slight trembling of her lips no one (can guess) how lost she felt. 4) To go on in this rain (to give) you pneumonia. You are wet through as it is. 5) Mother (not to speak) like that, not if she realized how desperate. I am. 6) You (to have) better not mention his name in front of them. They (may) think it tactless. 7) If only I (can make) him go back on his promise! 8) If I had not promised my friend to baby-sit to-night, I (to love) to come. 9) I don't want to borrow her clothes! Why, I (not to wear) that dress even if you paid me for doing so. 10) Of course she was having a rare good time, otherwise she (to notice) what happened. 11) If only I (not to promise) I would. I can't get out of it now. 12) 1 (to do) it even if they were all against me. It's the only thing to do. 13) You can simply bring him along. Nobody (to mind). 14) In your place I (to go) there. It's a lovely place. The children (can play) on the beach all day long. You (to love) it. 15) If you (to find) yourself in any kind of trouble, there's always me, you know. Í (to be) glad to be of any use. 16) Your mother is my dearest friend. But for this I (not to interfere). 17) If you simply (to be) thoughtless, I (can forgive) you. But it was downright cruelty. 18) It (to be) a pity to turn back now.
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