The field research will take Joan and Paul about five months; it will be a long time _____ we meet them again.
The little boy with an overcoat felt grateful _________ us for our letting him _______the game.
I am tired ______ the partner I have been working with; he is too hard a person_____.
—I’ve read another book this week. —Well, maybe _________ is not how much you read but what you read that matters.
The house prices fell sharply at the end of last year, but_________at the beginning of this year.
Would you please _________ your score and see if you have passed the exam?