Slowly and with care, the museum director removed the Ming vase from the shelf and placed it on the display pedestal.

Having finished his tem paper before the deadline, it was delivered to professor before the class.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is said to have built over a 20-year period.

By the turn of the century, most of the inventions that were to bring in all the comforts of modern living has already been thought of.

The Oxford English Dictionary is well known for including many different meanings of words and to give real examples.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are explaining the children the rules of the game.

Please tell us the reason when he left without saying goodbye.

Mr. Smith, along with her cousins from Canada, are planning to attend the firework display in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Some people often say that using cars is not as convenient than using motorbikes.

The freshman failed to follow the advice of her senior that he studied hard and not go out too much.

Had it not been for you help me, I wouldn't have succeeded.

Hardly did he enter the room when all the lights went out.

Despite she was in her middle age, she looked very graceful and charming.

The threat of being dismissed do not worry me any more because I have started my own business.

He has made a lot of mistakes in his writing because his carelessness.

An ambitious person is committed to improve his or her status at work.

The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience.

Optimists believe that in future we will be living in a cleaner environment, breathing fresher air and eat healthier food.

Little have people done to alleviate the sea pollution caused by the factories in central Vietnam, haven’t they?

Women in many parts of the world have had lower status than men, which the extent of the gap between genders varies across cultures and times.

Each of the nurses report to the operating room when his or her name is called.