I suddenly found myself ____ down the street when I found a crowd of people gathered in the street corner.

—What happened to the old lady?
—She was observed ______ of her handbag.

_______ to wait a long time at the dentist’s, Mike decided to take along a magazine to read.

As we came to the work site, the workers were seen _______the new house.

I would like Tom to go with us, but Tom insisted       at home.

Haitian officials said it was the strongest earthquake to ____the country in more than 200 years.

---Who were those people with the flags?
---A group ______ itself the League of  Peace.

______ the project in time, the staff have been working at weekends since last summer.

_________ sweet, the flowers in the botanic garden attract the visitor.

He was busy writing a story, only ____ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.
A. to stop      B stopping      C to have stopped      D having stopped