i've known the browns ______ a long time. They're very pleasant people.

the result of the election seems to be a foregone __________.

the neighbors were having a party and we didn't get a ______ of sleep all night.

the event will ____ place in a specially erected marquee.

i like having a white car, but the other _____ of the coin is that it soon gets dirty.

we can't _______ the newsletter like this - it's full of misprints.

they managed to ______ the entire aboriginal population.

many rural workers have moved to the cities to seek better employment __________ and improved living conditions.

there isn't enough room for us, _______ alone six dogs and a cat.

the film got excellent __________ when it was first seen.

his body was still and _________, his gaze fixeD. He was oblivious to everything else in the world but her.