The health official said ______ 12 suspected cases of influenza A (H1N1) were tested negative and ______, so far, this city has reported no case of the virus.
We had three sets of garden tools and we seemed to have no use for _________.
—Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday? — I________, but I had an unexpected visitor.
Rose was wild with joy________ the result of the examination.
It _______ long before we ______ the result of the experiment.
Let’s go to ____ cinema----that’ll take your mind off the problem for _____ while.