If only I had got up a little earlier this morning! I     the bus by only a minute and waited half an hour for another.

The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities   rising steadily since1990.

—That must have been a long trip.
—Yeah, it        us a whole week to get there.

The construction of the two new railway lines   by now.

In order to reduce the increasing prices of vegetables，the toll(过路费) if a truck  carrying them passes through a toll sration.

You __________ football after school. Why not go home and do your homework first?

The woman insisted that she ______ the mobile phone but none of the supermarket guards would believe her.

The show opens next Monday. Between now and then we ______ it in the school hall every day.

--- So what is the procedure of the application?
--- All the applicants __________ before a final decision is made by the authority.

---It_____ for a whole week. I think it’ll stop soon.
---Hard say. We’re getting into the rainy season now.