We survived that accident because we were wearing our seat belts.

Brian told me that somebody had tracked him in the street.

Soil erosion is a result of forests being cut down carelessly.

Tom bought that book yesterday.

The test was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours.

I didn't realize that somebody was recording our conversation.

“You're always making terrible mistakes”, said the teacher.

They couldn’t go swimming because of the cold weather.

We started out for California. It started to rain right after that.

I lent him some money. I wanted him to continue his study at college.

Although it rained heavily, they went on working.

“Don’t forget to submit your assignments by Thursday,” said the teacher to the students.

It was an interesting novel. I, therefore, stayed up all night to finish it.

Large cars use more gas than smaller ones.

He doesn’t study hard, so he can fail the exam.

Even though the team played well, they lost.

You ask such a question because you didn’t pay enough attention.

Without my tutor’s help, I couldn’t have made such a good speech.

Is it necessary to meet the manager at the airport?

“It would be a good idea that we should try to get local support for new motorway”, said Joe.

Joe does a lot of exercise. He's still very fat.