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on Saturday my husband (to take) me for a meal in a restaurant which (to recommend) oi a local newspaper. the restaurant (to be) open for only three months,but it's already quite popular with young people even though it is 30 kilometres away. We enjoyed the evening as the meal was delicious and we(to serve) wonderfully. Unfortunately,after we left the restaurant, we had a problem with the car as it wouldn't start though we ( to try) to get it started for nearly half an hour. We ccouldn't understand what (to happen) to the car and decided to leave it behind in the car park untill the following day. We ( to have) nothing else to do but call a taxi which came in about an hour.