____ the distance was too far and the time was short, we decided to fly there instead of going there by train.
We watched __________ when he cleaned and repaired the laptop computer.
I like this jacket better than that one, but it costs almost three times __________
After the equipment was introduced, they produced __________ machines this year as the year before.
Sweet memories __________ as I looked at the pictures __________ were taken at the beach last summer.
When the expression first came into being, people refused to use it but __________ they began to accept it.