The detective,________to be reading a newspaper,glanced at the man seated next to a woman.
The boss ordered that the work ______ right away.
There ____ quantities of apples in the basket and there was _____ milk in the bottle.
As is known to us all, failure usually _____ laziness while hard work can ______ success.
They stood _____ at each other as if they were enemies.
He risked _____ his job to see me off.