_____ no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his room.

In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid _____.

_____ time, he’ll make a first-class tennis player.

This missile is designed so that once _____ nothing can be done to retrieve it.

He resented _____ to wait. He expected the minister _____ him at once.

He noticed the helicopter hovering over the field. Then to his astonishment, he saw a rope ladder _____ out and three men climbing down it.

The country’s chief exports are coal, cars and cotton goods, cars _____ the most important of these.

_____ regular training in nursing, she could hardly cope with the work at first.

Arriving at the bus stop, _____ waiting there.

I never regretted _____ his offer, for it was not where my interest lay.