"Dad is away at the moment but is coming back on Friday."
"It�s great to be back again after all those years."
"There was no one in when I went by earlier."
"Everyone must have been out when I went by earlier."
"They tried to keep it secret but the story is out now."
"The storm is over now; we can go out now.�
Don't expect her to answer the door bell at eight o'clock on Sunday morning. She won't be up.
"At first Lily said she would be at the party. Later she begged off."
"We need lots of balloons for the party. Will you blow them up?"
A: "That old building really came down quickly!"
B: "That's because the construction company used dynamite to blow it up."
"When I told Jerry that I'd had an accident with his car, he blew up."
"Don't blurt out your answers without thinking.�
�A lot of his mistakes boil down to his lack of education.�
"If you're going to travel to Peru, you'd better bone up on your Spanish."
The new manager made a big mistake when he started bossing the staff around.
The company went bankrupt, but managed to bounce back with new management.
I�m really brassed off because I didn�t get paid in full.
"We spent a lot of money at the supermarket. When we broke the total cost down, we spent more on cleaning supplies than food."
"She will be late for work today. Her car broke down on the freeway."
�She broke down when she heard the bad news.�
"Jane's apartment was burglarized last night. Someone broke in while Jane was at the movies." / "Somebody broke into Jane's apartment while she was at the movies.