_____ the mountain flood, the old woman insisted _____ remaining in her house.
--I think Nelson Mandela is a great man. Do you think so? --______ I feel that he is a true hero, too.
______, but he insisted that he _____ to school .
—Tom has won the 100-meter race. —__________! He never won it before.
A brilliant idea occurred to him, ______ to his research in the lab.
_____ it would be silly to argue any longer .