_____ crying sadly, he raised his head and let tears stream down his face on purpose.

The traffic problems we are looking forward to ______ solved should have attracted the government’s attention.

Towards nightfall I found myself        out to sea by a strong wind.

Jane Eyre preferred      to school rather than         at her aunt’s.

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I feel like ________ a long walk. Would you like ________ with me?

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The woman hurried to the airport, _________ that the plane had taken off.

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Be careful about the news on red fire ants—____measures to prevent the possible spread of them.

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In the years____, the city government will take effective measures to bring the price of the house under control.

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Orange-uniformed emergency workers are searching the smoking ruins for three people _______ buried when the structure was shaken to the ground.

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Unfortunately, it was too late ____any taxi, so we had to walk home.