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Sentence to solve: I'm afraid the film (start) before we get to the cinema.



 
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Sentence to solve: I'm afraid the film (start) before we get to the cinema. #1 (permalink) Fri Nov 02, 2007 16:53 pm   Sentence to solve: I'm afraid the film (start) before we get to the cinema.
 

I'm not sure how to solve this one

I'm afraid the film (start) before we get to the cinema.

answer:
... the film will start
... the film will have started
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Sentence to solve: I'm afraid the film (start) before we get to the cinema. #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 02, 2007 22:44 pm   Sentence to solve: I'm afraid the film (start) before we get to the cinema.
 

'I'm afraid the film will start before we get to the cinema' is fine, but I'd suggest:

I'm afraid the film will have started by the time we get to the cinema.
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Sentence to solve: I'm afraid the film (start) before we get to the cinema. #3 (permalink) Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:15 pm   Sentence to solve: I'm afraid the film (start) before we get to the cinema.
 

thanks for help ! :-)
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