t will be quite a long time _______ she is back again, so don’t be too cross with her.
The computer centre, _______ last year, is very popular among the students in this school.
Rather than _______ on a crowded bus, he always prefers _______ a bicycle.
_______a reply, he decided to write again.
There seemed nothing else to do but ______ a doctor.
Hearing the _______ news, we all felt_______ .