--- _______ the plane have taken off on time?--- I’m afraid not. So many flights were delayed due to the bitterly cold weather.
---Were you busy last weekend?---Very. Rather than __________ time playing cards as usual, I devoted every effort to________ an advertisement.
He argued __________ smoking, and insisted that it was ____________ argument thatsmoking is harmful to health.
He had to do an extra job after work, for he had a big family to ___________.
26. He asked us to write an article in_____________ of pollution caused by the nearby factories.
______________ that he was in great danger, Eric walked deeper into the forest.