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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1. is said
2. is being sold
3. to sell
4. have all been seen
5. have also heard
6. have felt
7. was built
8. has had
9. to have stayed
10. have been
11. have been heard
12. wanted
13. to let
14. do
15. haunts
16. has lived / has been living
17. was being restored
18. found
19. have read
20. have been looking
21. haven't found
22. was going
23. stopped
24. going
25. to turn
26. didn't really believe
27. was being showed round