---Hi, Tom! Could you spare me a minute? I want to have a word with you. ---Sure, Jean. _________.
____ many times, I could not remember her telephone number.
Mr. Johnson insisted that he _____ his debts, but nobody believed him.
If only I _____ a few days ago!Then I wouldn’t have been feeling so worried now.
_____ money, the man was very rich, but he was not happy at all.
Though _____ of the danger, he still went skating on the thin ice.