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1.
By the time the firemen (arrive), the house (be) ablaze from top to
bottom, but it (be) clear that if someone (give) the alarm earlier, they
might (stand) a chance of (save) the building.
2. I wish you (tell) me last week that you (come) to London. If I (know) in time, you not (have to) stay in a hotel.
3.
Why you not (tell) me you (can) lend me the money? I not (need)
(borrow) it form the bank. 4. The driver said he not (can) (undergo)
thorough testing before (be) joined the competition. 5. It's time we
(go). If we not (leave) now, we (miss) the last train.
6. (Be) you cut off while I (talk) to you just now? You (be)? I think something must (go) wrong with the telephone.
7.
The manager (talk) to an important customer at the moment but he (be)
free (see) you presently. (Like) you (take) a seat for a few minutes?
8.
I know I ought (write) to you before, but I (be) so busy recently that I
not (have) time for (write) letters, I (telephone) you instead, but I
(forget) your number.
9. When I last (see) him, (live) in London. He
(tell) me then that he (think) of (emigrate) to Australia, and he may
well (do) so by now.
10. I (be) very excited at the prospect of (go)
(ski). It (be) the first time I (try). I think there's nothing like
(ski) for (make) a holiday enjoyable.
11. I wish you (let) me (know) you not (be able) to come to dinner. I certainly not (go) to all this trouble if I (know).
12. He said he not (want) (see) the firm as he (hear) that it (be) not as good as the critics (suggest).
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1.By the time the firemen arrived, the house was ablaze from top tobottom, but it was clear that if someone had given the alarm earlier, they
might have stood a chance of saving the building.
2. I wish you had told me last week that you were coming to London. If I hadknown in time, you would not have had to stay in a hotel.
3.Whydidn't you tell me you could lend me the money? I woulldn't have needed to borrow itform the bank. 4. The driver said he could not undergo thoroughtesting before he joined the competition. 5. It's time we went. If wedo not leave now, we will miss the last train.
6. Were you cutoff while I was talking to you just now? You were? I think somethingmust have gone wrong with the telephone.
7.Themanager is talking to an important customer at the moment but he will be free to see you presently. Would you like to take a seat for a few minutes?
8.Iknow I ought to have written to you before, but I have been so busyrecently that I did not have time for (writing) letters, I would havetelephoned you instead, but I
had forgotten your number.
9. When I last saw him, he was living in London. He told me then that he was thinking of emigrating to Australia, and he maywell have done so by now.
10. I am very excited at the prospect of going skiing. It (would have been the first time I tried. I think there's nothing like skiing for making a holiday enjoyable.
11. I wish you had letme know you had not been able to come to dinner. I certainly wouldnot have gone to all this trouble if I had known.
12. He said he did not want to see the firm as he had heard that it was not as good as the critics suggested.