Choose the correct option.

... the other one would feel so sorry.

I

don’t dare to ask you, Mr. Lamb, but if you ... (to come), I don’t think I shall

have the heart to send you away.

The

room was utterly silent. Tim saw eight uncomprehending faces staring at Quinn

as if she ... (to speak) a foreign language.

Quinn

had never been his, so why did he feel as if something special ... (to steal) away

from right under his nose?

‘Mother

would be so anxious if anything ... (to happen) to me, so far away!’ cried Polly,

much distressed.

He

began to talk, rapidly, as if someone ... (to open) a valve.

He

glanced at Alston and was startled by the fury that flashed across his

features. It showed only for an instant, then was gone as if it ... (to never be),

and the prissy, supercilious expression was back in control.

She

caught the bottle just as it went off the end and dropped toward the floor.

Then she slumped there, shaking her head, panting as if she ... (to run) a race.

Rincewind

took a few steps forward, cupidity moving him as easily as if he ... (to be) on

little wheels.

They

all drew to the fire, Mother in the big chair with Beth at her feet, Meg and

Amy perched on either arm of the chair, and Jo leaning on the back, where no

one would see any sign of emotion if the letter ... (to happen) to be touching.