Ex. 8 Use the right form of the verbs in brackets

1. They (be) political rivals for more than 30 years and still are. 2. New York house (be) his main home for the last forty years. 3. I (miss) you terribly! Where you (be) all this time? 4. It (be) a long way, I really feel tired. 5. I always (like) being near water, and for as long as I can remember. 6. Frank wants to fly. He (do) this so many times in his mind that he is beginning to think it really (happen). 7. Life (be) very kind to me. 8. I not (see) fireflies since I (be) a kid. 9. I (notice) something strange in her lately. 10. We believe you (be) very busy since you (arrive) in New York. 11. Melanie (know) the Hills for donkey's years. 12. After all, Nigel always (be) a bit of a know-it-all. 13. It is quiet in the apartment now that everybody (leave) it. 14. It's strange that they are friends, they never (share) the same interests. 15. "I think you had better leave," he said icily. "Before I really lose my temper. I just (have) enough of you." 16. I always (want) to look clever, but now at the age of twenty I have to admit that I look like a person who never even (hear) of Jung or Updike. 17. We (see) each other fairly steadily for the past year, and when David (ask) me to marry him, last week, there (seem) no reason to say "no". I (be) very lonely for a very long time. And so (have) David, ever since his wife (die) seven years ago. 18. I never (to see) anyone more beautiful than your wife. 19. I (to meet) your husband this afternoon at Green Street. 20. He said, "You (to meet) this passenger? He calls himself Major Jones." "I (to speak) to him." 21. I said, "Mr Jones (to be) arrested by the police." "My good­ness. You don't say. What he (to do)?" "He necessarily (not to do) anything." "He (to see) a lawyer?" "That's not possible here. The police wouldn't allow it." 22. "You (to hear) the news?" "What news?" "About Ted and Dave. They (to be) out on the roof last night and Ted (to slip) and Dave (to try) to hold him but he couldn't and (to be) pulled off too. They're both in hospital with concussion and their people (to be) sent for." 23. He (to light) a cigarette and (to walk) to the window. 24. "Can we get dinner here?" "Of course we can. Have you got enough money? I (to spend) my last dollar on the taxi." 25. You (to say) just now that time (to be) everything. What you (to mean) by that? 26. "I remember you (to have) three funny little freckles on your nose,” he said, “but they (to disappear).” 27. "You (to read) 'Winnie the Pooh' by A. A. Milne?” “Yes”. “And how you (to like) it?" "Very much indeed”. 28. At school I (to be) never good at languages, but here I (to pick) up a bit of French. 29. "Good night. It (to be) nice to meet you," he (to say) and (to go) off to his car.