I tried to persuade her. I didn’t succeed, however.

He last visited London three years ago.

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He arrived early, which made everyone surprised.

They didn’t offer Ann the job.

People should not throw rubbish in the park. People should not cut down the trees in the park.

Although it was expected that he would stand for election, he didn’t.

Ann paints landscape pictures. She finds it very pleasant.

I didn’t arrive in time. I was not able to see her off.

We had had very salty food. We were all dying of thirst.

If you practise harder you will have better results.

Without my tutor’s help, I couldn’t have made such a good speech.

We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about our sleep.

He was successful because he was determined to pursue personal goals. He was not talented.

The old man treated the little boy badly.

All flights were delayed yesterday due to an accident on the runway.

Right after the police had arrived at the scene, the situation was settled.

Laura didn’t come to the conference. This made me annoyed.

Had the advertisement for our product been better, more people would have bought it.

The leader went so fast. No one could keep up with him.

Tom bought that book yesterday.