The meeting was to_________ but the manager________ until twenty minutes later
A.start; didn’t turn up
B.be started; hadn’t turned up
C.start; hadn’t turned up
D.have started; didn’t turn up
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A解析start作“开始”讲时，为不及物动词，没有被动形式。再根据时间状语until twenty minutes later此题应用一般过去时态。故此题选A。