As the clock ________ midnight, cinemas across the country screened the film, _________ China one of the first countries in the world to show it.
I went to bed very late last night, _____, early the next morning.
Whenever I met him, _____ was fairly often, I like his sweet and hopeful smile.
She took the boy _____ the hand and led him _____ the zero.
We _____ a pleasant journey but for the rain.
— Shall I go and buy two more bottles of beer? — No, I’ve already bought twenty. That _____ be enough for us two.