John is to attend the meeting _______ the manager, who has come down with a bad cold.
Help has already come from them, but the aid is ____ near what we expected.
— These boxes are too heavy for me to move. — Here, I’ll give you a hand ____ them.
It was not until she had arrived home _____ her appointment with the doctor.
The cruelty of the terrorists towards the two Chinese engineers in Pakistan and _____ of the terrorists towards America in September 11, filled everyone with horror.
— He ought to have been warned of the danger. — ______, but he just wouldn’t listen to me.