________ there was a terrific bang and a flash of smoke.

if we can only _______ each other rather than stay with each other, then i wish we had never encountereD.

my brother always delights in telling me when i ______ a mistake.

we were glued _____ the television watching the election results come out.

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.