Use the correct tense form of the verb in brackets, Present Perfect Simple or Continuous, Present, Past or Future Simple.
Last year Brian and Barbara (1) … (decide) to buy a house. Since then they (2) … (save) money. They (3) … (never/have) their own house before. They (4) … (live) in a tiny flat since they (5) … (marry). Brian (6) … (not mind) when Barbara (7) … (insist) on a house with a big garden. They (8) … (search) for a suitable house for the past six month, but they (9) … (not find) one yet. Last week they (10) … (see) a couple of nice houses. As Barbara (11) … (not like) the location of the first house, they (12) … (decide) to see one more. They (13) … (go) to see it the same day. But the price (14) … (be) too high. The owner (15) … (ask) much more than they (16) … (be) willing to pay. But Barbara really (17) … (like) the second house and now she (18) … (be) sure she (19) … (persuade) Brian to buy it. Brian (20) … (not figure) out yet where he (21) … (get) the money. He (22) … (hope) Barbara (23) … (change) her mind.