1. We had driven ten miles when our tire went flat.
2. This semester Farah took French 102 because last semester she had received an A in French 101.
3. By the time I graduate next May, I will have completed twenty-four credits in math.
4. In 1865 Lincoln appeared much older to reporters and friends than he had looked just three years earlier.
5. When asked about the crisis, the President stated, "We will work as hard as we can to solve it."
B.
1. He had drunk the cider before we ate lunch.
2. Last night they rang the bell, but no one paid attention.
3. Don't dive from the pier!
4. Khalid was shaken by yesterday's accident.
5. Why don't you lie down for a while?
C.
1. Several students speak Spanish.
2. The library ordered Spanish-language magazines.
3. The bookstore sells educational videos in Spanish.
4. The library cancelled subscriptions to Argentinean newspapers because of their high costs.
5. Professor Corello has donated personal copies.
D.
1. The university promised to review its security system immediately.
2. Someone used university computers to operate a high tech system illegally and quite profitably.
3. Financial records were altered repetitively to issue refund checks to fictitious students.
4. Whoever collected the checks made sure to deposit them carefully in several checking accounts.
5. Because checks were deposited in different states, the FBI will be called in investigate the case thoroughly.
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