—I ________ thebook for you.
—But it was toodifficult for me.
—I was sent tohospital last night.
—You ________within an inch of life, and didn’t know it.
---When did he go toAmerica?
---Oh, he ________there since half a year ago.
—What were youdoing when I phoned you last night?
—I ________ mypainting and was starting to take a bath.
—Tom came back home the day before yesterday.
— Really? Where __________ at all?
---How long ________ at this job?
---Since 1990.
—How do you deal with the disagreement between the company and the customers?
—The key to ________ the problem is to meet the demand ________ by the customers.