—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.