Choose the correct form of the verbs \(Past Simple/Past Continuous\).

It was late on Friday afternoon. Mr Brown ... home from work. There was a big lorry outside his block of flats. "Somebody is moving", he ... . He ... outside the front door when he ... two men at the door. They ... a huge TV. Mr Brown ... the door open for them, they ... him and they ... the TV to the lorry. Mr Brown ... upstairs to his flat on the second floor. He ... for his keys when he ... his door was open. He ... the men with the TV and he nearly ... ! The men ... thieves and the TV they ... was his TV!