1. Though the question had been discussed for a long time no decision was arrived at.
2. The visit of this delegation is widely commented on in the newspapers
3. he left for Australia five years ago and he hasn't been heard of since.
4. i'm sure your idea of spending the week-end in town will be strongly objected to.
5. unfortunately our work was constantly interfered with.
6. the matter will be dealt with as soon as possibl.e
7. little jane was very upset because she had never been spoken badly to/with in the presence of strangers before.
8. he had never been written to and that letter came so unexpectedly.