I am in low spirits, because the money _______ I was going to buy Mum a present is gone.
— What do you think made him put into prison?—_______ stealing the valuables.
With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ______ each year.
________ in a poor family, he can’t afford to go to school.
According to my father, movies, such as the one you talked about yesterday, _____ not worth seeing.
The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ______ his notes.