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I tried to lift the
table, ______ it was too heavy.
I tried to lift the
table, but it was too heavy.
She did not know
anything ______ she had not been told about the meeting.
She did not know
anything since she had not
been told about the meeting. |
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The visitors arrived _______ she
was preparing dinner. |
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She was crying bitterly, ______ I
asked her what the matter was. |
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______ I go home, I'll read up on
this subject. |
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______ I was too ill to go, she
offered to go in my place. |
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I read through the book ______ I
could get some information on the life of Alexander the Great. |
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______ there weren't many people at
the party, it was a most enjoyable occasion. |
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We went to the seaside _______
enjoyed ourselves very much. |
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She should wear ______ her new blue
dress ______ the white lace one to the party.. |
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______ he had promised to come home
early, he returned late. |
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Don't expect him to come; he has
______ the time ______ the money to make the trip. |
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______ we last saw him, he was in
good health. ______, it is a shock to hear of his death. |
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_______ we were returning home, we
found that one of the boys was missing, _______ we turned back
to search for him. |
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I might have come to your house
______ it was raining; ______ some friends dropped in, ______ I
had to entertain them. |
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He thought his parents would be
home late, ______ he made a feast for himself with all the food
in the house. |
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______ they entered the house, they
found that it had been ransacked. _______ nothing was missing,
they called the police ______ reported that their house had been
broken into. |
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He could not go ______ he was ill
_______ the doctor had advised him to stay in bed. He had missed
the excursion, ______ he did not feel too disappointed. |
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He worked as quickly as he could
______ he would be in time for his favorite television program.
But ______ he had finished, he met a friend ______ spent an hour
with him. |
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______ all of them had gone out, he
was alone in the house. He locked the door ______ he would feel
safer, ______ switched on the television set. _______ he sat
there engrossed, he suddenly heard a loud crash. He jumped to
his feet ______ looked about him. |
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The visitors arrived
while she was preparing
dinner. |
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She was crying bitterly,
so I asked her what the
matter was. |
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When
I go home, I'll read up on this subject. |
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As
I was too ill to go, she offered to go in my place. |
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I read through the book
so that I could get some
information on the life of Alexander the Great. |
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Even
though there weren't many people at the party, it was
a most enjoyable occasion. |
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We went to the seaside
and enjoyed ourselves very
much. |
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She should wear
either her new blue dress
or the white lace one to the
party.. |
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Although
he had promised to come home early, he returned late. |
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Don't expect him to come; he has
neither the time
nor the money to make the
trip. |
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When
we last saw him, he was in good health.
So, it is a shock to hear of his death. |
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As
we were returning home, we found that one of the boys was
missing, so we turned back
to search for him. |
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I might have come to your house
even though it was raining;
but some friends dropped in,
and I had to entertain them. |
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He thought his parents would be
home late, so he made a
feast for himself with all the food in the house. |
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When
they entered the house, they found that it had been ransacked.
Even though nothing was
missing, they called the police and
reported that their house had been broken into. |
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He could not go
because he was ill
and the doctor had advised
him to stay in bed. He had missed the excursion,
but he did not feel too
disappointed. |
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He worked as quickly as he could
so that he would be in time
for his favorite television program. But
when he had finished, he met a friend
and spent an hour with him. |
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When
all of them had gone out, he was alone in the house. He locked
the door so that he would
feel safer, and switched on
the television set. As he
sat there engrossed, he suddenly heard a loud crash. He jumped
to his feet and looked about
him. |
