At first we were ______by his stories and tried to help him, but later we learnt he was telling lies.
----Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons,___to go to university. -----So do I.
He told me the news_____, believe it or not, he had earned $1 000 in a single day.
He has read the book as many as, if _____ than, five times.
This church is as old as, if _____ than, that one.
Her pronunciation is as good as, if ____than, her teacher's.