---How is it that you are late for class again? ---_______.
The two runners are neck and neck; _______ of them could win the race.
I usually have ________ hamburger while waiting for ________7: 00 school bus.
My calculations were based on the __________ that house prices would remain steady.
I came home very late last night , __________ , early this morning.
The black people thus lay on the hard wooden boards, _________ stand up.