_________ many times, she still can’t remember it.
The deserted island is only _______ by boat.
The old couple wanted to sell their house and ______ it in a newspaper.
The teachers in the city demanded that their pay _____ close to the level of civil servants.
It ______ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks _____ I found we had a lot in common.
---How is everything going on with you in Europe? ---Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped_____.