Gerunds and infinitives 2

Reg Spiers longed ................. (return) home.

but he couldn't afford ........... (buy) a ticket.

His friend helped him ............... (arrange) the trip.

Spiers expected ........... (have) a difficult journey.

At one point he considered ............. (turn) himself in.

Luckily, by 1964 airlines started ............ (heat) the cargo areas.

Brian vowed ........ (try) the same journey.

but he didn't even stop .............. (consider) the risk.

He narrowly escaped ...............(freeze) to death.

He tried ............ (check) the time on his watch but in vain.