a) Usually you (1) see our manager in the head office. During the day he (2) works with documents and (3) discusses business matters with the staff. Right now he (4) is reading a letter and it looks like he (5) is going to phone the manager of the partner company.
b) In fact I (6) sent you our enquiry last week. In my e-mail I (7) asked you to consider it and to give us your answer but we (8) have not received it yet.
c) Good day, Mr. Stanford, glad to see you. We (9) have not to meet) since that last industrial exhibition in Manchester.
d) – Have you (10) discussed the new quality requirements yet?
– Not quite. We (11) have been discussing them for an hour already, so I (12) think) we (13) will finish in a quarter of an hour.
e) John (14) arrived at the conference theatre at 10 o’clock. Ten minutes later he (15) was sitting in the hall and (16) listening to the speaker.
f) The supplier (17) started shipping us the goods only after we (18) had specified the delivery terms.