While we were listening to the speech attentively, a voice _____ to announce the result of the election.
The news came as no surprise to me. I _____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
he made up his mind, nothing could change it.
Her parents wouldn’t let her marry anyone _____ the family was poor.
___________of last term we ___________ over two thousand new words.
The little girl _______ go to the cinema rather than _______ at home alone that night.