Matching Pairs FUTURE IN THE PASTOnline version Match the halves. Focus on 'future seen from the past'. by Monica Krueger 1 I was on the verge of 2 I though I would be waiting a while 3 The money was 4 He was hoping to train as a pilot 5 Apparently she was going to tell me 6 In 1999, some people believed the world 7 You were supposed to 8 A nuclear power station was 9 I was supposed to study Italian 10 In the 1970s, people thought oil 11 I planned to stay in Paris for a year going to be built bu there were mass protests. would come to an end at midnight on December 31. but in the end I stayed for three. would run out very soon. but never had the right opportunity. have finished this last week. What happened? so I bought myself a coffee. to have paid for our daughter's education. Now it's all gone. but ended up with a degree in sociology. but his eyesight wasn't good enough. taking the job when I had second thoughts.