The twins had been away for such a long time that many people in the village thought they ________.

The teacher said that Jane ________ work harder the following semester.

Jean Wagner’most s enduring contribution to the study of Afro -American poetry is his insistence that it ________ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.

Mother wished I ________ you what she ________.

I only called the police when I ________ everything else.

James has just arrived, but I didn ’ t know he ________ until yesterday.

He ________ violin when I want to sleep.

The general sent out word that no one in the bunker ________ to bed until further orders.

We ________ go out to restaurants, but mostly we eat at home.

If you are walking away from a clock tower ，you will hear the ticking of the clock fade to a point ________ it cannot be heard.