She had only just begun to speak when people started interrupting.

They arrived too late to get good seats.

Jane refused to attend his birthday party, which made him feel sad.

People believe that neither side wanted war.

Lucy always reminds me of my youngest sister.

He was very tired but he kept on working.

They report that over 200,000 people were killed in the tsunami.

He talked about nothing except the weather.

Your only chance of getting a ticket is to wait in the queue.

He held the rope with one hand. He stretched it out.

The car was very expensive and he couldn’t afford it.

You needn’t have washed the sheets. The hotel staff does the cleaning.

The student was very bright. He could solve all the math problems.

He couldn’t retake the exam because he missed too many lessons.

Although she is intelligent, she doesn’t do well at school.

We spent about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.

He might have forgotten the place you’d arranged to meet at.

Large cars use more gas than smaller ones.

“I was not there at the time,” he said.

Somebody accused me of stealing money.

I’d suggest that we avoid telling any scary story stories with Janet around. She’ a bit unstable and could get hysterical.