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1. She has been onhas been infollowsI don't know a diet for four weeks.

2. My nephew begins smokingtook to smokingstarts to smokeI don't know cigars three months ago.

3. She has got intotakegoneI don't know the habit of reading in bed before falling asleep.

4. Her grandson is used to devotehas been devotedhas devotedI don't know his spare time to reading comics for a few weeks.

5. Their father keeps bossinguses to keep bossingkeeps to bossI don't know them around.

6. My friend has been borrowing books fromatinI don't know the library for a long time.

7. Her brother-in-law uses to buyingis used to buyingis used to buyI don't know a new car every other year.

8. From whatWhatFrom whichI don't know country did these raw materials come from ?

9. Their daughter hardly everalmost everhardly neverI don't know behaves like an adult.

10. The workers work by shiftin teamsin shiftsI don't know of eight hours in this factory.

11. Thirty years ago, my parents' neighbours bought their house at a whimon a hit of headon a whimI don't know.

12. How angry their new boss will be, when he will learnhearswill knowI don't know how lazy they've been !

13. His spouse can't become used to livecan't get used to livingcan't get using to liveI don't know abroad, she is bored to tears.

14. How is your husband keeping? I'm afraid he isn't feeling well, he has been ofhas been offhas been forI don't know work for five days.

15. She keeps sneezing, she should have caughtmust have caughtcaughtI don't know a cold.

16. You wish she had leftlefthadn't leftI don't know so early.

17. These men had ought tomight hascould haveI don't know succeeded if they had really wanted.

18. Your friends wish they had not soldsoldhave soldI don't know their flat on the seaside.

19. Spain is very different fromdifferent ofdifferent inI don't know what it was forty years ago.

20. Peter will be interested byinterested ininterested forI don't know a career in the navy when he leaves school.