As is known to all, the candidate __________ his last chance of winning the election when he said the wrong thing on TV.
_____ 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.
It was so cold that they had the fire _____ all night.