2. I don’t think the experiment is ______ failure, because it has provided us with ______ valuable experience for our future tests.
As she _________ the newspaper, Granny ________ asleep.
Mary __________ a dress when she cut her finger.
—Have you ____ been to our town before? —No, it’s the first time I ___ here.
—Do you know our town at all? —No, this is the first time I __________ here.
He attended the party without _______________.