The house prices fell sharply at the end of last year, but ______ at the beginning of this year.
Only when I left my parents for Italy ______ how much I loved them.
_____ the days and months went by, things were getting worse and worse.
My uncle’s house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours, but it is twice ______expensive.
We feel _____ our duty to make our country a better place.
He hurried to the booking office only _____ that all the tickets had been sold out.