I couldn't have got to the meeting on time - _______ an earlier train .
With all my attention _____ my homework, I didn't even notice my father standing by me.
Part of the reason Charles Dickens loved his own novel, David Copperfield, was ________ it was rather closely modeled on his own life.
— Did you know any French before you arrived in Washington?— Never ____ it, actually.
We should give the disabled encouragement to live _________ as we do.
We had a hard time the last time we went camping, because the fire ______ during the freezing night.