Use the right form of the verbs in brackets 1. They (be) political rivals for more than 30 years and still are. 2. New York house (be) his main home for the last forty years. 3. I (miss) you terribly! Where you (be) all this ti...

Use the right form of the verbs in brackets 1. They (have been) political rivals for more than 30 years and still are. 2. New York house (has been) his main home for the last forty years. 3. I (miss) you terribly! Where have you (been) all this time? 4. It (was, has been) a long way, I really feel tired. 5. I have always (liked) being near water, and for as long as I can remember. 6. Frank wants to fly. He (has done) this so many times in his mind that he is beginning to think it really (happens). 7, Life (is) very kind to me. 8. I (haven't seen) fireflies since I (was) a kid. 9. I (have noticed) something strange in her lately. 10. We believe you (have been) very busy since you (arrived) in New York. 11. Melanie (has known) the Hills for donkey's years. 12. After all, Nigel always (has been) a bit of a know-it-all. 13. It is quiet in the apartment now that everybody (has left) it. 14. It's strange that they are friends, they have never (shared) the same interests. 15. "I think you had better leave," he said icily. "Before I really lose my temper. I (have just had)enough of you." 16.1 (have always wanted) to look clever, but now at the age of twenty I have to admit that I look like a person who (has never even heard) of Jung or Updike. 17. We (have been seeing) each other fairly steadily for the past year, and when David (asked) me to marry him, last week, there (seemed) no reason to say "no". I (have been) very lonely for a very long time. And so (has) David, ever since his wife (died) seven years ago.