1. I ________ (wait) him for some time, but he didn’t show up.
2. I hurried to the cinema only to find that the film ________ (begin).
3. She ________ (think) of paying us a visit, but was prevented from doing so.
4. The old man ________ (be)ill for a long time before he died in 2010.
5. It was the third time that she ________ (be)out of work that year.
