彼はその日出発する予定だったのだが出発しなかった。の英語

He was to have started that day.

He never left his room yesterday.

He said he would not come in, but he came in after all.

It fell out that he could not come in time.

He was not in time to catch the post yesterday.

He failed to come on time.

He must have been unable to come, otherwise he must have come.

He did not appear until about noon.

He hurried to the house only to find that it was empty.

He promised to come, and didn't.

He promised to come, but he didn't come.

Nothing barred him from going.

He failed to come on time.

He was out because of a business trip yesterday.

He has gone so far we cannot catch him up.

Seldom did he visit there.

He seldom went there.

He rarely went there.

He almost never went there.

He didn't have anything to do yesterday.

He would sit in the sun doing nothing.

Once he goes, he's gone for good. (In Japan we say ‘He's like a bullet.')

He was supposed to be there at 8 o'clock but he didn't show up till ten.

He moped around at midnight, but nobody felt sorry for him.

He cannot have been there yesterday.

He didn't go there.

He promised to return and yet he didn't.

He said he would come and he did come.

He said he'd come and he did.

Urgent business prevented him from going.