After seven hours’ drive, they reached ______ they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.
Can you imagine the difficulty I had __________ the game?
— I must apologize for ________ ahead of time. — That's all right.
He _________ the country record at the sports meeting.
________ the normal condition, he can read 150 words a minute.
The schoolboy regretted ________ after he didn't pass his exam.