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It was raining hard, but we got there in time __________.

He was educated at a local grammar school, _____ he went on to Cambridge.

The country life he was used to _____ greatly since 1992.

The old lady was so angry to get the check that she _____ it up

–I didn’t know my identity card was needed, sir. -- ________________.

There was little hope ____proper medicine could be found.

When _____ where he was born, John said he was a New Yorker.

---Did you have a good time in Thailand last week? --- ______, it was too hot.

The actual cost of the building was much higher than our original _____