________ was the damage to the machine caused by his carelessness that it would cost thousands of dollars to repair.
—Have youhim to give up the job? —Yes,I have. But he doesn’t listen to me.
I was about to tell him the secret __someone patted me on the shoulder.
A number of books in the library ___been stolen so that the number of them ___ smaller than before.
You’d better have the second-hand car ______ before you sell it.
It remains________ whether Jim will be fit enough to play in the finals.