This ______________ (happen) about five years ago. I ______________ (come) back home from Turkey where I ______________ (be) on holiday with some friends who ______________ (rent) a bungalow in the mountains not for from Ankara, the capital.
Anyway, we______________ (sit) in the plane and______________ (just / take) off when there______________ (be) a loud bang from the right hand side of the plane and I could see a lot of smoke coming from one of the engines. Of course, everyone______________ (start) looking around but the plane ______________ (carry on) flying normally. And then a few minutes later the pilot ______________ (come) on to the PA and said there was a problem with one of the engines and we’d have to return to the airport.
I felt pretty nervous, I can tell you, but I______________ (try) to concentrate on my book, and about ten minutes later we______________ (land) without any problems. We ______________ (have) to wait for about an hour and then we got back on the plane. Actually, it was a different plane and I was
pretty relieved that it was.
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1. By the time we arrived, the movie ______________ (already/start), and we missed the beginning.
2. I ______________ (work) on my project when the power went out last night.
3. She ______________ (never/see) a more beautiful sunset until that day.
4. They ______________ (play) tennis for an hour before it started raining.
5. When I got to the airport, I realized I ______________ (leave) my passport at home.
6. He ______________ (cook) dinner when the phone rang.
7. We ______________ (just/finish) cleaning the house when the guests arrived.
8. By the time the teacher came in, the students ______________ (wait) for 15 minutes.
9. I ______________ (not/know) that she had already told everyone the news.
10. While they ______________ (drive) to the beach, they saw an accident.
11. The kids ______________ (play) in the garden when their mother called them inside.
12. She ______________ (already/go) to bed by the time I finished my work.
13. I ______________ (read) the book for an hour when I finally understood the plot.
