1. I told them I ________ just going out for a short walk.

2. She told me ________ carefully on the icy roads.

3. Actually I had ________ it to her before we set out.

4. No sooner ________ I shut the door, when the telephone rang.

5. ________ go if you like because I have to do some shopping.

6. I'd had scarcely any time to think about it before they ________ me for my opinion.

7. I'm sure they ________ get married and live happily ever afterwards.

8. A lot of American Indians were ________ after white men settled in the New World.

9. Because of a lack of evidence, the judge dismissed the case against the man accused of ________ the senator.

10. In the Middle Ages, bandits and criminals were publicly ________ by hanging.