The roads are lined _____trees, which have been planted to hold _____the strong winds from the north.
It is considered no use _________ against the deadly disease.
He regretted very much __________ unkind things about his friends.
He __________ starve to death ___________ beg for food on the street.
John wasn’t quite _________ the way the barber cut his hair.
The old lady treats the boy as if he __________ her own child.