Narrative Tenses: Journalistic Narratives (C1)

A small electrical fire at the warehouse on the outskirts of Hull just after midnight on Friday. (break out)

Witnesses told reporters that the overnight security team the building only minutes before the blaze began to spread. (leave)

Paramedics three warehouse workers to St Thomas's Hospital with suspected smoke inhalation. (take)

The driver of the second vehicle the scene before traffic officers arrived from the nearest motorway services. (flee)

A Manchester Crown Court jury the former chief executive not guilty on all four counts on Tuesday afternoon. (find)

The prosecution had alleged throughout the trial that the defendant company funds steadily over more than a decade. (siphon)

Voters to the polls in record numbers on Thursday in spite of the heavy rain across most of the country. (turn out)

The party leader for sweeping constitutional reforms in her keynote address the previous Friday at the Brighton conference. (call)

A man in his late fifties at the scene following a head-on collision on the A1 near Peterborough in the early hours of Sunday. (die)

Investigators said the lorry driver for almost nineteen hours without a meaningful break in the period leading up to the fatal incident. (drive)

The Prime Minister the snap general election from the steps of Number 10 on Wednesday afternoon, ending weeks of speculation in Westminster. (announce)

Her predecessor a snap election as recently as three weeks before the surprise announcement was made. (rule out)

Mountain rescue teams from three valleys the stranded climbing party at first light on Sunday. (reach)

The four climbers the entire night in a hastily dug snow shelter at an altitude of more than 4,000 metres before help arrived. (spend)

London markets sharply lower on Monday afternoon in response to the unexpected weekend announcement from Beijing. (close)