Please excuse me _______ your letter by mistake.
Icy road conditions in Teasdale ___________ two roads being closed.
I didn’t see your sister at the meeting. If she __________, she would have met my brother.
The detective, ________ to read a newspaper, glanced at the man ________ next to a woman.
There was such a long queue for the ticket that I ________ gave up, though I wanted to attend the concert so much.
Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first _________.