complete the following newspaper report with the past simple (narrative) of the verbs in the list the verb BE is used twice all others only once
advance. be. come. leap. make. order. reach. say. sink. submerge watch
the next his mighty machine had scooped up a breathless police sergeant and a constable who........... him to follow o man running along to beach. With the two determined lawmen crouching in the bucket the digger ........... its stop speed of 10 mhp as it ........... on the fugitive. when the digger ...... level with the man , the tow law officers .............. out of the bucket and........ their arrest but as mr jones ...... in horror the 10-ton digger ..... deeper and deeper into the sand. his efforts to free it .... fruitless and soon the tide....... in and ...... it. last night after a five -hour rescue operation mr mervyn owens head of the company which owns the digger ...... We have been landed with a repair hill of at least £ 6,000