---Has your father come back from Africa?--- Yes, but he ______ here for only three days before his company sent him to Japan.
A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _______ in the kitchen.
The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him _______.
We looked everywhere for the keys, but they are nowhere _______.
He was reading his book, completely _______ to the world.
She looks forward every spring to _______ the flower-lined garden.