- They usually have an update meeting on Monday morning.
- We’re presenting our preliminary report tomorrow.
- There were 150 delegates at the annual Convention.
- While the CEO was making her presentation …
- … the directors were listening to every word.
- Hardly had the candidate begun his speech than protesters started shouting.
- Since we had been discussing the budget all morning, we decided to stop for lunch.
- How long did you stay in your last job?
- How many application letters have you written?
- He’s doing a sabbatical year. He’s gone to work in an orphanage in Peru.
- I worked for that firm for four years.
- We’re only staying at the hotel for 2 nights.
- He’s been off sick for a long time.
- She may be a little late. Her train’s been held up.
- I won’t be able to attend next week’s meeting.
- We hope they’ll finish removing the asbestos before the end of the summer.
- Are you going to Athens next month?
- Will you go over that point again please?
- I’ll phone you as soon as I’ve finished.
- By the time they land in Australia they’ll have been travelling for 1½ days.
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