— So you missed the meeting．  — ______. I got there five minutes before it finished.

— I’m fed up with this rain. How I wish to go hiking this weekend!

— Forget it. I’m afraid the wet days will _____.

The workers insist that the company should take _____ measures to improve their working condition.

I wish I could offer you another cup of coffee but there’s _____ left.

_____ that quite a lot of people were out of work.

We keep the belief that the bright future ______ to those who are well educated.

---I’ll ask the teacher about past tense. I’m very puzzled about it.

--- That is just _____ most of our classmates have doubt.

Don’t you think this sweater is too tight ____ the shoulder?

But for your timely help, I ________ the project as scheduled.

That student admitted ____ in the math exam, _____ that he would never do that again in the future.