While my sister ..... (do) this exercise, she ..... (fall) asleep six times.

While we ..... (study) French, we never ..... (get) the chance to visit the country, actually.

While the president ..... (hunt) elephants, he accidentally ..... (shoot) his friend in the leg.

While my colleague ..... (smoke) a cigarette in the street, I ..... (take) a quick peek at his sales figures.

As I ..... (listen) to my iPod, I ..... (not/hear) what the mother ..... (say).

This time yesterday I ..... (lie) on the beach in Copacabana.

The boy ..... (injure) his leg while he ..... (help) out in the school garden.

This time last week the girls ..... (enjoy) themselves at a hen party.

While the cleaning lady ..... (take) out the rubbish, somebody ..... (steal) her bucket.

When the manager ..... (go) out, it ..... (rain) heavily.

When I ..... (ask) my mother for permission to go to the party, she ..... (say) 'No'.

Lilly ..... (tell) me she ..... (write) a letter to her grandmother, but I think she ..... (have) fun with another guy.

When I ..... (look) at the supervisor, he ..... (grin) at me strangely.

When I ..... (grow) older, I ..... (realise) that I had made a lot of silly mistakes in my life.

When the killer ..... (open) the door, a man wearing a black balaclava ..... (shoot) him three times in the chest.