I began to fish before memory began, _______ I know I have always fished.
The teachers in the city demanded that their pay _____ close to the level of civil servants.
It ______ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks _____ I found we had a lot in common.
---How is everything going on with you in Europe? ---Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped_____.
The billionaire ______ all his possessions to his son when he died.
A fully-grown blue whale _____ 110 feet in height and _____ several tons.