I would have come earlier, but I ________ that you were waiting for me.

Give me a cigarette, please. Mine         .

Every necessary means____ to protect milu deer which____ very valuable to us. As a result, the number of milu deer is increasing.

—Bob! How is your project? I heard you started it last Friday, right?—Oh! I_______ for it. But I haven’t decided when to do it.

--- Is it convenient to you if I call you up at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning?
--- I’m afraid not. I _________ a speech then.

He insisted that he ________ the bike and therefore __________.

Edward, you play so well. But I ______ you played the piano.

The weight-loss pills really ______ and she is becoming slimmer and slimmer.

— Bob has gone to California.
— Oh, can you tell me when he ______?

Although all of the apples _____, none of them _____ good.