The course that Beijing University offers normally attracts 30 foreign students per year; _______ up to half will be from America.
With the meal ________, the mother sat down for a good rest.
Studies show that people are more to suffer from back problems if they always sit before computer screens for long hours.
It never occurred to me _____ you could succeed in persuading him to change his mind.
_______ there yesterday, I could have asked him not to do so.
Leave it to me! I feel much more _____ about myself and my abilities these days.