Exercise 3. Complete the text about Arthur Ferguson, using the verbs below. Died; had arrested; was; had emigrated; wasn’t; didn’t know; had bought; had; sent; found; had sold; had tried. When, in 1926, a US court 1) ______________ a man called Arthur Ferguson to prison for five years, it 2) ______________ the end of an amazing criminal career. The police 3) _______________ him several months earlier, when he was trying to sell the Statue of Liberty to an Australian tourist. After the arrest, the police soon 4) _______________ that it 5) __________________ the first time that Ferguson 6) __________ to make money by selling famous buildings. Ferguson 7) ________________ to the United States from Scotland the previous year. Soon after his arrival, he found a luxurious house in Washington for a rich Texas farmer; but the farmer 8) _______________ that he 9) ____________________ the White House, home of the Presidents of the United States for hundreds of years! Before coming to America, Ferguson 10) __________________ Buckingham Palace – home of the English royal family – for £ 2,000, Big Ben for £ 1,000 and Nelson’s Column for £ 6,000 – all to rich American tourists who perhaps 11) ________________ more money than intelligence! When Ferguson 12) _______________, in 1938, he was a rich man​
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