The news came as no surprise to me.I _____ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
The couples went into the forest,but before long they became _________;they walked down different paths.
.They _________ that the books be returned to the school library at once.
—I’m sorry to keep you waiting.I’ll make shorter work of this.—_________.I’m not in a hurry.
All the boys in our class like_________very much.
She admitted _________ a story to explain the reason why she was late.