-- I'll come to see your performace at 9:00 tomorrow evening.

-- I'm sorry, by then my performance _______ and I ______ reporters in the meeting room.

-- Was he present at the meeting?

-- He _____ not have attended it, for he was busy repairing his computer all the time.

-- Did you visit the temple?

-- No. We ______ it, but we spent too much time shopping.

-- You didn't wait for Mr. Black last night, did you?

-- No, but we ______. He didn't return home at all.

The policeman declared that the blow on the victim's head ______ from behind.

-- Why didn't Tom come to the party last night?

-- He ______ not have wanted to see me.

-- I have taken someone else's T-shirt by mistake. Is it Jane's?

-- It ______ be hers. She seldom wears red. It ______ be Nancy's. It's her favorite color and style.

We ______ the difficulty together, but why didn't you tell me?

I _____ to make an airline reservation, but I was so carried away by an interesting book that I forgot all about it.

You ______ have come in person. A letter would have been enough.