They ________have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.
. .The newspapers in my hometown don’t contain as many colorful pages as the ones in Nanjing ____.
. What a pity! All his property, the books, the pictures and the house, __________consumed by the big fire.
. I dislike__________when I am left alone to start a conversation with a stranger.
. Most pop music is influenced,__________a greater or lesser degree, by the blues.
. —Would you like to join us in the game? —________ , for I have something important to attend to.