Mr Smith, _____ of the _____ speech, started to read a novel.
It seems water ______ from this tap for some time. We’ll have to take it apart to put it right.
She would love to have gone to the party, but she _______ extra hours to prepare for a meeting.
―What do you think of my composition?―It _______ well _____ a few spelling mistakes.
My money_____, I must go to the bank to draw some of the savings out before I have none in hand.
My mind wasn’t on what he was saying so I’m afraid I __________ half of it.