The enemies tried to ____ the city, but they failed in the end.
Anxiously, she took the dress out of the package and tried it on, only _______ it didn’t fit.
______for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the films yesterday.
If it were not for the fact that she ________ sing, I would invite her to the party.
The leader in charge insisted that Anhui TV Station _________ a program to raise academic levels, which suggested that he _________ middle school students.
—Tom, your foreign teacher speaks Chinese fluently! —Oh, she has lived in China for six years, otherwise she _______ such good Chinese.