Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012,________ made one of the Chinese people’s longheld dreams come true.
— Were you surprised by the ending of the film? — No, I ______ the book, so I already knew the story.
My mother has not yet recovered from the illness, but she is __________ getting better.
It is shown that men have as women do on average while driving according to recent statistics.
Not until the train pulled into the station that his suitcase was gone.
The news came as no surprise to me . I ____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down .