Complete the sentence with one verb from the following list: stop, expect, work, finish, write, see, do, build, know, be, receive. be careful with negatives. they each other for 3 years before they got married. her letter was a wonderful surprise. i to get it. the workers painting the floor when i arrived. she said she these animals before because she (never) to the zoo. the browns their house by 2001. they a letter by the time their son was born. he told them he at a plan before the army. she the letter by 5 o’clock and the manager was angry. the children their homework before their parents came home. it raining by noon and we had to take our umbrellas.