I had just got up and was about to cook my breakfast ___the telephone rang loudly, but it hung up __I could answer it .
He is sometimes hard _______ us, but it hasn't made us like him any less.
I'11 never forget the days_______ I would sit in front of the house, listening to him telling stories.
But nobody believed that the reason_______ I was late was _______my bicycle broke down on the way to school.
She said that she didn't mind _______ alone at home.
--- Would you please help me with the Maths homework? --- I'm afraid it's beyond me. You know, it's years _______ I touched it.