____ is often the case, the teacher has made the teaching plan before the new term.
—What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game. —_____. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
She looks forward every spring to __ the flower-lined garden.
I would love ___ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.
The visiting minister expressed his satisfaction with the talk, ___ that he had enjoyed his stay here.
The missing boys were last seen ___ near the river.