A lot of coal miners died on the job last year, _______ the local government to shut nearly 500 small mines in Shanxi Province alone.
Look out! That tree _____ fall down.
He asked me ________ with me.
---Do you mind my turning off the light? ----_____________.Im reading a book.
--- Im afraid I can not return the book to you before Friday ----____________.
When the expression first came into being, people refused to use it but _____ they began to accept it.