The policeman _______ the facts again and again, but couldn’t piece them together.
Fortunately, the bullet narrowly missed the president ________ an inch.
—There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow ________?—No, I’d rather buy ________ in the bookstore.
Cable TV began in 1948 in the USA, but it took 50 years ________ 66 percent of American households had it.
—When shall I pay the bill?—Don’t mind it, sir. ________.
—Did you find the missing couple in the mountain yesterday?—No, but we ________ to get in touch with them ever since.