I should not have laughed if I ______ you were serious.
The workers in Australian Air Line had been on strike for two weeks. At last they had their pay _______.
The food is not much. How long do you think it will _______?
She hurried back to her house, only ________ a lot of her jewels ________.
When _____ her father would come soon, she had an _____ look on her face.
---I beg your pardon? ---Your mind must be ________ when I was speaking, wasn’t it?