Used to TV shows, _____ everything is quick and entertaining, many people do not have the patience to read a book that requires thinking.
—Has your father got up? —Sorry, I’m not sure. He __________ got up. Please go and see for yourself.
The bank is reported in the local newspaper ________ in broad daylight yesterday.
-You must say sorry to Mary, Jack. -Why ________ I say sorry to her? It’s her who hurt me first.
Farmland ___ quickly, so they are considering _____ a programme to solve the problem.
—Why didn’t you put your cellphone in your overcoat pocket? —I _____, but I was afraid it would be stolen.