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7 Too late

The plane
was
late
and
detectives
were
waiting
at the airport
all morning
.
They
were
expecting
a valuable parcel of diamonds
from South Africa
.
A few hours earlier
,
someone
had
told
the police
that thieves would try to steal the diamonds
.
When the plane arrived
,
some of the detectives
were
waiting
inside the main building
while
others
were
waiting
on the airfield
.
Two men
took
the parcel
off the plane
and
carried
it
into the Customs House
.
While two detectives were keeping guard at the door
,
two others
opened
the parcel
.
To their surprise
,
the precious parcel
was
full of stones and sand
.
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i(interjection)
s(subject)
j(jump word)
n(not)
y(yellow infinitive)
xv(extension of the verb)
v(orange verb)
xs(extension of the subject)
o(object)
m(adverb of manner)
p(adverb of place)
t(adverb of time)