_________ has already been pointed out, grammar is not a set of dead rules.
—It’s so near to the station. We could have walked.—Yes, we ______ a taxi.
It was with great joy ______ he received the news ______ his lost son would soon return home.
As is known to us all, success usually ______ hard work while laziness can ______ failure.
She sat at her desk, with her eyes ______ on the book, ______ in its plot.
The young man rushed out of the room, ______ into his car and started it hurriedly, ______ to get home as soon as possible.