His brother rather than his parents ______.
__________ is often the case with her, my mother talked about my study for at least half an hour nonstop before she drove me to school yesterday.
The girl had hardly rung the bell __________ the door was opened suddenly, and a birthday party was waiting for her.
It hit me _________ my mother could be the proper person to persuade Dad to change his mind.
My father always warns me that there is no such thing as a free lunch because we can’t get _________ for nothing.
--- How do you find _________ birthday party of the Blairs? --- I should say it was __________ complete failure.