Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb

1. The traveller [ ] to the hut before the storm started.
2. Maria [ ] billiard in her life, but she realised she was very good at it.
3. [ ] an ambulance by the time the mother arrived?
4. Until 2007, we [ ] diving.
5. I [ ] as an acountant for ages and was a bit bored with my job.
6. Bob and Fergie [ ] in Kailash once and really met a sage, who lived there and taught them some yoga techniques.
7. My grandmother [ ] in her old cottage for ages before my father bought a new house in the city center for her.
8. [ ] against the disease for long before he died?
9. They [ ] for long when they lost radio contact.
10. How long [ ] before you found the buried treasure?
11. We [ ] in the rain since midday, so we were very wet.