Millions of pounds' worth of damage ________ by a storm which swept across the north of England last night.

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It's the best way we thought of ________ pollution ________ a happy life.

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John and I ________ friends for eight years. We first got to know each other at a Christmas party. But we ________ each other a couple of times before that.

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He got completely ________ that book you gave him; we could hardly get him ________ a word!

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Production fell ________ 20% in May, ________ the same month of last year.

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The number of people invited ________ fifty, but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons.

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It is said that in Australia there is more land than the government knows ________.

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--Where do you think ________ he ________ the computer?

--Sorry, I have no idea.

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Coming into the room, I found them ________ at the table, ________ chess.

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There was so much noise in the hall and the speaker could hardly make himself ________. Besides, he could hardly make us ________ him with his poor English.

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