Mixed tenses and verb forms

There are lots of spine-chilling extras waiting for whoever buys the 13th century Chingle Hall near
Preston , Lancashire . The hall , which is the oldest surviving brick-built residence in the country ,
___________________ (1 SAY) to be the most haunted house in Britain . It ________________ (2 SELL) by
the international auctioneers , Sotheby's . The owners expect ________________ (3 SELL) the house for
about £ 500,000 .

A monk , a Roman soldier , a boy who hanged himself and a ghost ___________________ (4 ALL SEE) at
various times over the cenruries . Not only this , but residents __________________ ( 5 ALSO HEAR)
heavy footsteps and mysterious knockings , and __________________ (6 FEEL) cold spots in warm
rooms .

The hall _________________ (7 BUILD) in 1260 by Alan de Singleton , and _______________ (8 HAVE) a
remarkable history ever since . Oliver Cromwell is said ___________________ (9 STAY) at the house on
the eve of the Battle of Preston in 1648 , and the hall may _________________ (10 BE) the scene of the
capture of at least one Royalist sympathizer , as the sound of a running horse and the rattle of a soldier's
equipment ____________________ (11 HEAR) outside .

In the 1920s , the hall was the home of the Longton family . Their son _________________ (12 WANT) to
marry a local girl , but his father refused _________________ (13 LET) him ______________ (14 DO)
this .Today the boy's ghost _____________ (15 HAUNT) the barn where he hanged himself .

Henry Soaper __________________ (16 LIVE) in the house for the past ten years . Some time after they
moved in , while the house _________________ (17 RESTORE) , they __________________ (18 FIND)
ancient fireplaces , timber from Viking ships and an old chapel . “I ___________________ (19 READ) that
there are secret hiding places somewhere,” he said . “We ______________________ (20 LOOK) for them
for years , but we __________________ (21 NOT FIND) them yet . He went on , “One day , my daughter
_________________ (22 GO) upstairs when she said she saw a Roman soldier coming down . She
________________ (23 STOP) _________________ (24 GO) up , and tried _______________ (25 TURN)
round , but she couldn't move . The soldier walked straight through her . We
___________________________ (26 NOT REALLY BELIEVE) her until a few years later , a guest who
__________________________ (27 SHOW ROUND) asked if he could photograph a “cold” spot . The
developed film showed the image of a Roman soldier reflected in a mirror .”

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