To get there in time, they came ______ all the way.
We were on the point of discussing financial investment_____ the telephone rang unexpectedly.
How can I ever concentrate on my work if you_____ continually_____ me with such silly questions?
The large, water-spouting statue, called “Merlin” -half lion, half fish- is the____ of Singapore.
There has been_____ rising demand for grain as_____ industrial material in spite of the nation’s good harvests.
______ the owner’s electric blanket was on fire, the pet cat kept scratching on the bedroom door till she woke up, ____ her life miraculously.