My uncle _________ in Taiwan for 20 years. Now he has settled down in mainland.

I______in London for many years but I’ve never regretted my final decision to move back to China. 

Hurry up! The train _____________. You know it _______ at 8:30.

That is the first time that I _____ at the meet­ing.

The news came as no surprise to me . I ____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down .

Mary, you’d better stay at home. Your classmates ______ over this evening.

The little girl ______ her heart out because she ______ her toy bear and believed she wasn’t ever going  to find it.

—Why don’t we choose that road to the village?
—The bridge to it ______.

- How could I thank you enough?
- Don't mention it. Any other man_____that.

- You've got your flat funished. haven't you?
- Yes. I______some used furniture and it was a real bargain.