______ for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the films so often.
The lady who had invited us heard me telling my wife that the dinner was terrible so I was _____.
Air and the sun's rays create much distortion, and whatever tends to _____ their influence is useful to the astronomer.
The filling station _____ because there were too many others on the street.
His job at the hospital did not pay much, so he found another _____.
At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it _____ his mind that she was trying to tell him something.