Jussi and I (9) met / were meeting while we (10) lived / were living in London. I (11) rented / was renting a room in a house in North London and he (12) stayed/was staying with friends who'd offered to put him up. We both (13) had / were having temporary jobs - at one time he (14) waited / was waiting on tables in a café and I (15) washed / was washing dishes in a small no restaurant. Anyway, we (16) got on / were getting on really well and before long we (17) planned / were planning to go on a long holiday together. That (18) was / was being before the accident. 2tripin bro avob 1019792 210291 I (19) sat/ was sitting in my taxi reading the morning newspaper To when the alarm in the bank across the street (20) went off I was going off. I (21) looked / was looking up and (22) saw / was seeing two masked men Vistom running towards me. There was confusion everywhere. Police cars (23) raced / were racing towards the bank while pedestrians (24) ran / were pablods a running away from it. I (25) turned / was turning the key in the ignition when the masked men (26) forced / were forcing their way into my taxi and Svodo (27) told / were telling me to drive off. It was the scariest thing that had ever happened to me. 919W 24b Complete the extract from a story. Use the past simple or continuous of the verbs list of in brackets. Sometimes both tenses are possible.​