Soon after getting off his horse, the captain appeared at the second storey windows, _________ he could see nothing but trees.
She finally got a high mark in writing. Never in all her life ____ so happy!
I thought her nice and honest ______ I met her.
--- You should have thanked her before you left. --- I meant ______, but when I was leaving, I couldn’t find her anywhere.
He ______ persuade his father to give up smoking but his father didn’t.
The reason _______ his going to Britain was ______ he got a new job there.