Time is pressing; it’s impossible for me to get there in an hour, ______ the possible delays.
---You are devoted herself_____ to her research and it earned her a good reputation in her field.
She’s asked me_______ to build the church.
No one has _____ been able to trace the author of the poem.
The ship was _____ in a storm off Jamaica.
She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her _____ to Scotland.