It was several minutes before I was ______of what was happening.
The manager, _______ it clear to us that he didn't agree with us, left the meeting room.
I'm moving to the countryside because the air there is much fresher than _______ in the city.
While watching television, _______.
Only after my friend came _______.
He expressed a hope _______ he would visit China again the next year, and this was the very hope _______ he would express as soon as he arrived in the country.