After the big earthquake in Chile, there were about 300 aftershocks in the nearby area, ______ over 200 were quite damaging.
It is about ten years _____ I met you last.
They will never succeed, _____ hard they try.
_____ still half drunk, he made his way home.
_____ she was very tired, she went on working.
Busy _____ he was, he tried his best to help you.