Patrick made the call anyway and, after filling out some forms and answering a long list of questions, was accepted into the trial.
We do not like to think we are this flighty: we might expect that if we are, say, busily filling out some forms and are suddenly distracted by a phone call, we would quickly return to finish the job.
These lists, and the journals that contain them, can be consulted much as researchers have always consulted literary archives: by turning up at the library — in this case, the Department of Special Collections at the Charles E. Young Research Library, at U.C.L.A. — filling out some forms, and waiting while the desiderata are fished from the stacks.
One day, I walked into a government building in Paris, filled out some forms and waited in line forever.
We filled out some forms, and he even supplied us with robust wax begonias from the Parks Department nursery, which made our scrawny begonias from Home Depot look like preemies.
The difficulties have been continuing for several weeks and have forced housing officials to fill out some forms by hand, rather than by computer.
You can also often use the computers in public libraries for free or a minimal charge, but the hours are less convenient and you may have to fill in some forms.
Mr. Nunez took his papers to another room, smaller and plainer still, and filled out some forms, including one in which he authorized a constable to try to collect on the judgment.
In another organization, you may have a 10-minute introductory chat with HR first thing in the morning, fill out some forms while sitting in the office, and then never see them again.
