When the post fell _______, Dennis Bass was appointed to fill it.
The mountain village is my hometown. I spent _____ merry night there when I was young.
___ he was ill, I was expected to take his place greatly surprised me for I didn't have much working experience.
Only after a baby seal is pushed into the sea by its mother ___ to swim.
"Will you be able to finish the job this week?" " ___ ."
She was just about to explain ___ she hadn't passed her maths test chiefly out of carelessness ___ her uncle came.