The cook ...... (buy) some other lemons, not these foreign ones.

The gardener ...... (cut) the hedge last night. Unfortunately, it started raining and he didn't get to it afterwards.

The receptionist ...... (call) the owner of the building in the morning, but he forgot to do so.

The fiction author ...... (rewrite) the book months ago, but she's been suffering from quite a serious illness so she hasn't done it yet.

The judge ...... (speak) to the lawyers, but they didn't come to him yesterday at all.

The chef ...... (make) us some tasty burgers, but he didn't have the right ingredients.

The web designer ...... (finish) the website yonks ago, but he hasn't found the time to do so yet.

If the teacher had known about the cheating, he ...... (inform) the headmaster right away.

If the barrister had done a good job, we ...... (not / have) to do anything anymore.

The shoemaker ...... (repair) my boots last week, but I didn't give him the right shoes.

The cleaning lady ...... (make) the beds in the morning, but she had to leave early so she didn't do them today.

My kindergarten teacher ...... (leave) the school last spring, but she decided to stay a year longer in the end.