The teacher         the office for a few minutes when we arrived. We didn’t meet him.

—I hear the beginning of this movieis very exciting.
—What a pity! When I got to the cinema yesterday, the film          for several minutes.

Yesterday I met Sandy. We          each other since finishing middle school.

He         to play the piano before he was 11 years old.

Tom was disappointed because most of the guests         when he         at the party.

By nine o’clock yesterday evening, we         our work.

They         all their money, so they had to walk home.

She didn’t pass the exams because she         her lessons well.

—What did Bob ask you just now?
—He wanted to know how long         when he reached the cinema.

—Did you meet Tom at the airport?
—No. His plane          by the time I         there.