The socks are so ______ that they can't be mended any more.
. He was about to go out for a walk _____ his teacher came to visit him.
.With no one to ______ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.
. He began to take political science _________ only when he left school.
. Yesterday I went to see him, _________ that he had gone abroad two days before.
The bank is reported in the local newspaper_____ in broad daylight yesterday.