_________ time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only 3 fingers and a thumb.
Not far from the club there was a garden, ____ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.
The days we have been looking forward to ____ soon.
The person we spoke to ____ no answer at first.
The person we talked about ____ our school last week.
Before he went abroad,he spent as much time as he _____ English.