Sunday, November 24, 2019

CEFR English Exercise - had - have - has - having


Please complete the following sentences with a “ had / have / has / having  ”.
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1.              When I lent I _______ a friend; when I asked, he was unkind.
2.              If God _______ meant us to fly he'd _______ given us wings.
3.              The fox that _______ lost its tail would persuade others out of theirs.
4.              A man can never thrive who _______ a wasteful wife.
5.              You cannot lose what you never had.
6.              My father _______ always said that there are four things a child needs plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of soap and water, and after those, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect.
7.              The friar preached against stealing and _______ a goose in his sleeve.
8.              If we only _______ some God in the country's laws, instead of being in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution, it would be better all around.
9.              She firmly rejected the suggestion that she _______ lied to Parliament.
10.         You _______ an accident,' he reminded her.
11.         When the storm rose on the river, they _______ to bail out to reach the shore safely.
12.         Her wrists chafed where the rope _______ been.
13.         She usually _______ a smile on her face, but now she looked solemn.
14.         If I _______ known my life was going to turn out like this, I would _______ let them kill me.
15.         When he said that, I _______ to agree.
16.         The bread/biscuits/cake _______ gone stale.
17.         The hamster _______ got through the wire at the front of its cage.
18.         We _______ a surprising amount in common.
19.         if I _______ a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.
20.         It's the worst food I've ever had.
21.         The town _______ been besieged for two months but still resisted the aggressors.
22.         She was upset that her husband _______ not come back.
23.         The oppressive afternoon heat _______ quite tired him out.
24.         We should _______ _______ a proper discussion before voting.
25.         Hospital bills _______ made deep inroads into her savings.
26.         She _______ the combined talents of toughness, intellect, experience and unsullied reputation.
27.         His voice was deep and mellow and his speech _______ a soothing and comforting quality.
28.         The young heir's contingent of the estate was smaller than he _______ hoped for.
29.         She was determined to avenge herself on the man who _______ betrayed her.
30.         With a look of horror, he asked if the doctor thought he _______ cancer.
31.         There was nobody behind/on the counter when I went into the bank, and I _______ to wait to be served.
32.         We _______ to eat some potatoes substituted as a meal.
33.         The awkward boy I knew _______ metamorphosed into a tall, confident man.
34.         I _______ a big argument with my mother this morning.
35.         Whatever happens tomorrow, we've _______ today.
36.         She _______ discharged herself against medical advice.
37.         She _______ short brown hair and a pale complexion.
38.         Barry _______ obviously come in on the tail-end of the conversation.
39.         He _______ the drawer open and was thumbing through the files.
40.         The village _______ been hurriedly deserted, perhaps because terrorists were in the area.
41.         By the time I got there you two _______ already buggered off!
42.         My hair _______ got all tangled.
43.         Harry _______ considerable success dapping with the natural fly.
44.         In the past central government _______ a monopoly on television broadcasting.
45.         They _______ only a vague idea where the place was.
46.         Her experiences _______ made her sensitive to other people's troubles.
47.         I _______ no option but to ask him to leave.
48.         He behaved as if / though nothing _______ happened.
49.         The gunman _______ singled Debilly out and waited for him.
50.         He _______ been badly maltreated as a child.
51.         All in all, just past. Ever had, only memories.
52.         He _______ spiky light brown hair, shaved at the sides and gelled on top.
53.         He _______ to go to Germany.
54.         Several of the books _______ fallen onto the floor.
55.         I was afraid the sickness _______ sapped my strength.
56.         I've just _______ a tooth out at the dentist's.
57.         I _______ no alternative but to accept his offer.
58.         He _______ miscalculated how long the trip would take.
59.         We _______ a bit of hard luck this season.
60.         The company _______ undervalued the building by £20 000.
61.         The police said they _______ no reason to suspect foul play.
62.         The island's inhabitants _______ no immunity to the diseases carried by the explorers and quickly succumbed.
63.         We _______ gruel for the breakfast.
64.         His muse _______ deserted him, and he could no longer write.
65.         The city _______ faced racial crisis and come through it.
66.         He was constantly reassuring himself that he _______ acted for the best.
67.         I worked for two weeks, and fifty pounds was all I _______ to show for it.
68.         We _______ a late dinner last night.
69.         I've _______ enough of your nonsense.
70.         A small fire _______ started in the kitchen.
71.         Tom wanted to kick back at the people who _______ written so unfavorably about his new book in the newspapers.
72.         We _______ various problems on our journey, including a puncture.
73.         Spain was the first foreign country she _______ visited.
74.         He _______ met his old lady when he was a house painter and she was a waitress.
75.         He _______ taken over an old company verging on liquidation.
76.         I'd been away for a few days so I _______ a lot of post waiting for me.
77.         We _______ to trudge up the track back to the station.
78.         Robin Hood _______ no scruples about robbing the rich to give to the poor.
79.         The Congress _______ agreed to reconsider its stance on the armed struggle.
80.         They must _______ _______ someone on the inside to help them break in.
81.         She _______ a decidedly down-at-heel appearance.
82.         He _______ been matriculated in the university.
83.         This is who I am. Nobody said you _______ to like it.
84.         The meeting seemed to be endless, but I extricated myself by saying I _______ to catch a plane.
85.         Jack duked me because he said I _______ insulted him.
86.         He _______ old-fashioned ideas and was easily shocked.
87.         you smiled and talked to me of nothing and I felt that for this I _______ been waiting long.
88.         The pub _______ dark wood panelling.
89.         The program ran so slowly, I _______ to uninstall it.
90.         The old woman _______ some difficulty straightening herself up.
91.         The UN _______ been co-operating with the State Department on a plan to find countries willing to take the refugees.
92.         The ship _______ to be towed into the harbor.
93.         Gill _______ an extraordinary, incandescent personality.
94.         She _______ only a slice of bread and butter for breakfast.
95.         We all felt that the chairman _______ too much power.
96.         He _______ to sell his car to repay the bank loan.
97.         I feel happy at times we _______ _______ angry words but these _______ been kissed away.
98.         The electric fire _______ begun to singe the bottoms of his trousers.
99.         She _______ some exciting adventures in Egypt.
100.     Each afraid to love woman, must _______ deep love looks like the poison not invade, actually _______ the poison assault body.
101.     The new bourgeoisie, which was created by the Industrial Revolution, _______ money to spend and wanted to travel.
102.     He snatched the photos out of my hand before I _______ a chance to look at them.
103.     _______ you _______ your dinner already?
104.     She went to the market to sell what she _______ made.
105.     He _______ always been reckless with money.
106.     The fishing lines _______ become hopelessly entangled.
107.     A few pieces of wood _______ washed ashore.
108.     He _______ to conceal his identity to escape the police.
109.     He _______ to pose wearing a laurel wreath.
110.     The doorway was so low that we _______ to stoop to go through it.
111.     I _______ to restrain her from hitting out at passers-by.
112.     He failed to come as he _______ promised.
113.     Most people who've _______ chicken pox once are immune to it for the rest of their lives.
114.     We _______ to face up to the harsh realities of life sooner or later.
115.     Like most of my generation, I _______ never known a war.
116.     There were many hot spots in the region, where fighting _______ been going on.
117.     She realized that he _______ been lying.
118.     The child _______ a round face.
119.     The plan _______ to be abandoned on grounds of cost.
120.     The villagers believed a devil _______ taken control of his body.
121.     To make good use of life.one should _______ in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.
122.     He that saves his dinner will _______ the more for his supper.
123.     Liars _______ need of good memories.
124.     We _______ no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
125.     I _______ long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness. Hot houses of learning do not always grow anything edible.
126.     Children _______ the qualities of the parents.
127.     What we lose in hake we shall _______ in herring.
128.     One cannot eat one's cake and _______ it.
129.     The ideals which _______ lighted my way, and time after time _______ given me new courage to face life cheerfully 19 _______ been kindness, beauty and truth.
130.     Desperate diseases must _______ desperate cures.
131.     It is good to _______ some friends both in heaven and hell.
132.     What I _______ done is due to patient thought.
133.     Maids want nothing but husbands, but when they _______ them they want everything.
134.     Fire and water _______ no mercy.
135.     He should _______ a long spoon that sups with the devil.
136.     All shall be well, Jack shall _______ Gill [Jill].
137.     Creditors _______ better memories than debtors.
138.     To make a lasting marriage we _______ to overcome self-centeredness.
139.     Prove thy friend ere thou _______ need.
140.     Better be upright and want, than wicked and _______ abundance.
141.     You can't _______ your cake and eat it.
142.     A child may _______ too much of his mother’s blessing.
143.     The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who _______ loved it.
144.     Those that make the best use of their time _______ none to spare.
145.     As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that _______ least wit are the greatest babblers.
146.     Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never _______ a beginning.
147.     The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative _______ but slight experience, and those who are experienced _______ feeble imaginations.
148.     To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to _______ got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
149.     The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. William Hazlitt
150.     With close friends in their lives, people develop courage and positive attitudes. Teenagers _______ the moral support to assert their individuality; the elderly approach their advanced years with optimism and an interest in life.
151.     Bees that _______ honey in their mouths _______ stings in their tails.
152.     You _______ no goats, and yet you sell kids.
153.     He that will _______ a hare to breakfast must hunt overnight.
154.     A husband must be deaf and the wife blind to _______ quietness.
155.     _______ no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomfited; for the water of life's fountain springeth from a gloom bed.
156.     Home is the place where, when you _______ to go there, it _______ to take you in.
157.     No matter how strong you are how notable your attainments, you _______ enduring significance only in your relationship to others.
158.     He who in adversity would _______ succor, let him be generous while he rests secure.
159.     As soon as you _______ drunk, you turn your back upon the spring.
160.     Beauty and the lust for learning _______ yet to be allied.
161.     It is good to _______ friends in trouble.
162.     I _______ nothing to offer but blood, toil tears and sweat.
163.     Make the night night, and the day day, and you will _______ a pleasant time of it.
164.     We know not what is good until we _______ lost it.
165.     You _______ to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
166.     When two friends _______ a common purse, one sings and the other weeps.
167.     It is with narrow-minded people as with narrow-necked bottle; the less they _______ in them the more noise they make in pouring out.
168.     The secret of being miserable is to _______ leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
169.     Words _______ a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; can transfer knowledge from teacher to students words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions .Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all man's actions , Do not ridicule the use of words in psychotherapy.
170.     Nought venture, nought _______ [gain, win].
171.     If you cannot _______ the best, make the best of what you have.
172.     He who sups with the Devil should _______ a long spoon.
173.     Many great men _______ arisen from humble beginnings.
174.     You can't eat your cake and _______ it.
175.     We should never remember the benefit we _______ offered nor forget the favour received.
176.     If you would _______ a thing well done, you must do it yourself.
177.     He who will not when he may, when he will he shall _______ nay.
178.     The family you came from isn't as important as the family you are going to have.
179.     You must reap what you _______ sown.
180.     He that would eat [have] the fruit must climb the tree.
181.     If you would _______ a thing well done, do it yourself.
182.     See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll _______ good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll _______ all day.
183.     To make your life a sound structure that will serve others and fulfil your own potential, you _______ to remember that strength, however massive , can't endure unless it _______ the interlocking support of others. Go it alone and you'll inevitably tumble.
184.     Nothing venture, nothing win (or _______ or gain).
185.     Beauty may _______ fair leaves, but bitter fruit.
186.     Better spare to _______ of thine own, than ask of other man.
187.     A willful man will _______ his way.
188.     To travel through the world it is necessary to _______ the mouth of hog, the legs of a stag, the eyes of a falcon, the ears of an ass, shoulders of a camel, and the face of an ape, and overplus, a satchel full of money and patience.
189.     Never say of another what you would not _______ him hear.
190.     Little pitchers _______ great (or large) ears.
191.     The great and the little _______ need one of another.
192.     If God _______ meant us to fly he'd _______ given us wings.
193.     Drunken days _______ all their tomorrows.
194.     Nothing venture, nothing _______ [gain, win].
195.     Poor men's words _______ little weight.
196.     Hedges _______ eyes, and walls _______ ears.
197.     When we _______ gold we are in fear; when we _______ none we are in danger.
198.     You can _______ too much of a good thing.
199.     Do unto others as you would _______ them do to you.
200.     The mountains _______ brought forth a mouse.
201.     To youth I _______ but words of counsel -- work, work, work.
202.     To _______ money is a fear, not to _______ it a grief.
203.     We always _______ time enough, if we will but use it aright.
204.     I would rather _______ my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.
205.     We need in politics man who _______ something to give, not men who _______ something to get.
206.     Do not sell the bear’s skin before you _______ caught the bear.
207.     The only way to _______ a friend is to be one.
208.     _______ no fear of perfection ---- you'll never reach it.
209.     Idle folks _______ the least leisure.
210.     He that would _______ eggs must endure the cackling of hens.
211.     He who spends more than he should, shall not _______ to spare when he would.
212.     Eat one's cake and _______ it.
213.     If we cannot get what we like, we _______ to like what we can get.
214.     You cannot _______ two forenoons in the same day.
215.     It never will rain roses. When we want to _______ more roses we must plant trees.
216.     A good surgeon must _______ an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.
217.     How sharper than a serpent's tooth is to _______ a thankless child.
218.     Better to _______ loved and lost than never to _______ loved at all.
219.     We shall never _______ friends if we expect to find them without fault.
220.     Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us, we _______ been so happy.
221.     The important thing in life is to _______ a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
222.     What good shall I do this day? What good _______ I done today?
223.     Scanderbeg’s sword must _______ Scanderbeg’s arm.
224.     The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment, were it fall to me to decide whether we should _______ a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
225.     I _______ but one lamp wait which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
226.     The fiercest agonies _______ shortest reign.
227.     Death when it comes will _______ no denial.
228.     It is good to _______ money to buy things that money can buy, but it is better not to lose things money cannot buy.
229.     Children and fools _______ merry lives.
230.     Liberty is the only thing you cannot _______ unless you give it to others.
231.     A boisterous horse must _______ a rough bridle.
232.     You _______ to believe in yourself, that’s the secret of success.
233.     It is no use doing what you like ; you _______ got to like what you do.
234.     Liars should [ought to] _______ good memories.
235.     Creditors 4 _______ better memories than debtors.
236.     Lazy folks [people] _______ the most labour.
237.     Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they _______ fresh meaning for every new social situation.
238.     I am not now that which I _______ been.(I am not what I used to be.).
239.     Do not all you can, spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.
240.     A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
241.     Every man _______ his own habit.
242.     A man _______ two ears and one mouth that he may hear much and speak little.
243.     He knows not what love is that _______ no children.
244.     A horse stumbles that _______ four legs.
245.     Man _______ not a greater enemy than himself.
246.     Thy friend _______ a friend and thy friend's friend _______ a friend so be discreet.
247.     Every heart _______ its own sorrow.
248.     He who _______ not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is.
249.     The tongue breaks bone, though itself _______ none.
250.     A man _______ his hour, and a dog _______ his day.
251.     A man _______ choice to begin love, but not to end it.
252.     Nothing great in the world _______ been accomplished without passion.
253.     Sell the bear’s skin before one _______ caught the bear.
254.     Music _______ charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.
255.     Lie in (oron) the bed one _______ made.
256.     He is rich enough who _______ true friends.
257.     Work _______ a bitter root but sweet fruit.
258.     The day _______ eyes, the night _______ ears.
259.     The black ox _______ trod on his foot.
260.     Success _______ many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
261.     The brightest of all things, the sun, _______ its spots.
262.     Success _______ many fathers, but failure is an orphan.
263.     It's a poor mouse that _______ only on hole.
264.     Everybody _______ his merits and faults.
265.     Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, _______ always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
266.     He that _______ a full purse never wants a friend.
267.     Reap as (or what) one _______ sown.
268.     Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body _______ sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
269.     Being a well-dressed man is a career, and he who goes in for it _______ no time for anything else.
270.     Home is the place where, when you _______ to go there, it _______ to take you in.
271.     Every cloud _______ a silver lining.
272.     Pleasure _______ a sting in its tail.
273.     Every man hath [has] his faults.
274.     He that would know what shall be must consider what _______ been.
275.     A wise man never loses anything if he _______ himself.
276.     He that _______ [hath] been bitten by a serpent, is afraid of a rope.
277.     He best can pity who _______ felt the worse.
278.     The man who _______ made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".
279.     A growing youth _______ a wolf in his belly.
280.     The hungry belly _______ no ears.
281.     He who _______ no shame _______ no conscience.
282.     It's no use locking the stable door after the horse _______ bolted.
283.     I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it _______ got down to work.
284.     To make your life a sound structure that will serve others and fulfil your own potential, you _______ to remember that strength, however massive , can't endure unless it _______ the interlocking support of others. Go it alone and you'll inevitably tumble.
285.     Every person _______ two education, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives himself.
286.     He who _______ health, _______ hope, and he who _______ hope, everything.
287.     If a friend tells a fault, imagine always that he _______ not told the whole.
288.     He that _______ no children knows not what is love.
289.     He dies like a beast who _______ done no good while he lived.
290.     A man can succeed at almost anything for which he _______ unlimited enthusiasm.
291.     The tiger _______ once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.
292.     Science _______ no enemy but the ignorant.
293.     Music _______ charms to soothe the savage breast.
294.     The sea _______ fish for every man.
295.     The wolf _______ a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
296.     It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse _______ been stolen.
297.     Whatever man _______ done man may do.
298.     Every family _______ a skeleton in the cupboard.
299.     The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he _______ around him.
300.     An upright judge _______ more regard to justice than to men.
301.     He who _______ a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.
302.     The noble soul _______ reverence for itself.
303.     He who _______ done ill once will do it again.
304.     Many a fine dish _______ nothing on it.
305.     It is a fairy wood that _______ never a withered bough in it.
306.     He who stands alone _______ no power.
307.     Whom a serpent _______ bitten a lizard alarms.
308.     Humor _______ been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest.
309.     Whom a serpent _______ bitten fears a lizard.
310.     He who _______ burnt his mouth blows his soup.
311.     It is a long lane that _______ no turning.
312.     The peacock _______ fair feathers, but foul feet.
313.     Wealth is not his who _______ it, but his who enjoys it.
314.     Every man _______ his weak side.
315.     He that learns a trade [an art] _______ a purchase made.
316.     A friend is never known till a man _______ need.
317.     He who _______ lost his good name is a dead man among the living.
318.     The wise man _______ long ears and a short tongue.
319.     We can't all be heroes. Somebody _______ to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
320.     Bacchus _______ drowned more men than Neptune.
321.     Who _______ never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet.
322.     Stone dead [Stone-dead] _______ no fellow.
323.     He that _______ a full purse never lacks a friend. Even in a busy market, nobody cares to know a poor person.
324.     Everything _______ its time and that time must be watched.
325.     Every man _______ the defects of his qualities.
326.     Every man _______ the defects of his own virtues [his qualities].
327.     The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she _______ lost it.
328.     He that _______ a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.
329.     The tiger that _______ once tasted blood is never sated with the taste of it.
330.     The paramount duty of Congress is to stop deficiencies by the restoration of that protective legislation which _______ always been the firmest prop of the Treasury.
331.     Nature _______ given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
332.     Wherever he is satisfied with what he does, he _______ reached his culminating point--he will progress no more.
333.     A man who is his own lawyer _______ a fool for his client.
334.     In science, the importance is something that _______ been reached out, not the researcher himself.
335.     A man who _______ friend must show himself friendly.
336.     He is immortal 6, not because he alone among creatures _______ an inexhaustible 7voice, but because he _______ a soul, a spirit capable of compassion 8and sacrifice9 and endurance.
337.     The fool _______ his heart on his tongue, the wise man keeps his tongue in his heart.
338.     He knows best what good is that _______ endured evil.
339.     The longest day _______ an end.
340.     One _______ lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls.
341.     It is a small flock that _______ not a black sheep.
342.     I regard that man as lost, who _______ lost his sense of shame.
343.     He who imagines that he _______ knowledge enough _______ none.
344.     There is nothing which _______ not been bitter before being ripe.
345.     There is no man but _______ his faults.
346.     He that _______ a wife _______ a master.
347.     To feel that one _______ a place in life solves half the problem of content.
348.     The man who _______ made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible".
349.     The busy bee _______ no time for sorrow.
350.     Every dog _______ his day, and every man his hour.
351.     The creditor _______ always a better memory than the debtor.
352.     He who _______ never hoped can never despair.
353.     Education _______ for its object the formation of character.
354.     Who minds his own business _______ no time to mind other folks.
355.     If you would _______ a good wife, marry one who _______ been a good daughter. Thomas Fuller
356.     Who _______ no haste in his business mountains to him seem valleys.
357.     The dog that _______ been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
358.     When peace _______ been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries everywhere is in danger.
359.     Miracles sometimes occur, but one _______ to work terribly for them.
360.     Our enemy _______ made us human and civilized by forcing us to suppress our narcissistic urges and desires for the good of all.
361.     Never embark on what comes after without _______ mastered what goes before.
362.     There is more trouble in _______ nothing to do than in _______ much to do.
363.     We're _______ an oral test this week.
364.     We didn't reckon for _______ such bad weather.
365.     We were _______ such a good time that we decided to prolong our stay by another week.
366.     The doctor is quite definite about Tom _______ measles.
367.     He misses not _______ enough books because he's an avid reader.
368.     I found it a strain _______ to concentrate for so long.
369.     She won't relish _______ to do the household chores every day.
370.     We all like _______ you as our teacher. You _______ our respect and gratefulness.
371.     She hotly denied _______ taken the money.
372.     The Government deserves our wholehearted support for _______ taken a step in this direction.
373.     She showed her elation at _______ finally achieved her ambition.
374.     We're _______ new locks fitted on all the doors of the classrooms.
375.     He keeps griping about _______ no money.
376.     Each of them _______ their own room was the logical solution.
377.     He flatly denied ever _______ met the woman.
378.     I felt degraded by _______ to ask for money.
379.     He is _______ a sandwich triangle.
380.     It's an awful nuisance _______ builders in the house all day.
381.     I half regretted _______ left the work unfinished.
382.     He accused foreign nations of _______ a hidden agenda to harm French influence.
383.     The minister confessed to _______ experimented with cannabis in her youth.
384.     For a moment I thought I was _______ hallucinations.
385.     The company was publicly rebuked for _______ neglected safety procedures.
386.     _______ my car stolen really taught me a lesson - I'll never leave it unlocked again.
387.     _______ heard the notice, the reporters all squeezed into the hall.
388.     He's a habitual smoker--he always _______ a cigarette while _______ dinner.
389.     For women, the "biological clock" governs the time for _______ children.
390.     They haven't been given these rights for eternity - they should justify _______ them just like most other people _______ to.
391.     _______ my mother living with us causes friction at home.
392.     Frank didn't like _______ the cops know where to find him.
393.     We're _______ a party on Saturday. Would you like to come?
394.     _______ arrived unannounced for supper, we _______ to take potluck.
395.     She was used to _______ her orders instantly obeyed.
396.     She is exuberating in the knowledge of _______ contributed to victory.
397.     The government is _______ to introduce some difficult changes, particularly in moving over to a market economy.
398.     She is now a senior executive _______ worked her way up through the company.
399.     I resented _______ to work such long hours.
400.     _______ children can often unbalance even the closest of relationships.
401.     We're _______ a track and field meet.
402.     She is _______ trouble with her teeth.
403.     We've been _______ trouble getting staff.
404.     The accounts department is/are _______ a Christmas party this week.
405.     How about _______ a cup of tea?
406.     _______ bought the house, they couldn't afford to furnish it.
407.     _______ my family around me means happiness to me.
408.     Are you _______ a sit - down meal or a buffet at the wedding?
409.     He's in hospital after _______ a coronary last week.
410.     Advertising companies are always _______ to think up new ways to promote products.
411.     It's almost 15 years old. It isn't worth _______ it repaired.
412.     I'm tired of _______ to pretend all the time.
413.     He is accredited with _______ first introduced this word into the language.
414.     Women who put off _______ a baby often make the best mothers.
415.     The soldiers were diagnosed as _______ flu.
416.     She's been _______ a tough time of it lately.
417.     She outgrew her clothes so rapidly that Patsy was always _______ to buy new ones.
418.     _______ children gave her a broader outlook on life.
419.     The left wing,_______ deployed into line, began to advance.
420.     I'm _______ doubts about his ability to do the job.
421.     It's so annoying _______ to drag out the sewing machine every time I want to make a dress.
422.     It was so embarrassing _______ to sing in public.
423.     I'm _______ a really bad day.
424.     These events left her on the verge of _______ a nervous breakdown.
425.     I've been _______ a few problems with my car.
426.     They were subjected to various indignities and discomforts, including _______ to get dressed and undressed in public.
427.     The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of _______ to refuse.
428.     All seeds only come to life once _______ been buried.
429.     He was attacked for _______ put his signature to the deal.
430.     We're _______ a lottery to raise money for homeless families.
431.     With love to my wife. I'm grateful for _______ you always by my side. To know I _______ your love means more than words can tell. To know you are happy makes me very happy too. You're my everything. Happy birthday with all my love and best wishes.
432.     Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up _______ more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever _______ enough. Oprah Winfrey
433.     Of saving, comes having.
434.     When the options are unemployment or a boring job, _______ babies can seem like the only means of self-fulfillment.
435.     Happiness is about _______ each tiny wish come true.
436.     They were _______ breakfast when I arrived.
437.     The strikers were being unreasonable in their demands, _______ rejected the deal two weeks ago.
438.     It's a hassle _______ to travel with so many bags.
439.     The children are _______ a frolic before bedtime.
440.     You are such a talented and smart member of our team and we are truly grateful of _______ you. Though, you decide to walk an extra mile we are always here to support you. We just wish you more success on your new endeavor. Thank you because the way you motivate us is something remarkable.
441.     The nurse was _______ trouble finding a vein in his arm.
442.     Physical fitness is _______ a healthy body.
443.     _______ a car in the city might prove a hindrance.
444.     To such poor people, the idea of _______ a choice of food is barely imaginable.
445.     They were not _______ a sexual relationship at the time.
446.     I prefer _______ your accompanying for life-long time to the short-time tenderness.
447.     Most of people are looking forward the crystal-like love—pure without any defect. However the truth is most people are _______ the glass-like love.
448.     Don't slosh too much water on the floor when you're _______ a bath.
449.     It's not _______ what you want. It's wanting what you've got.
450.     The king was regarded as _______ been a enlightened despot.
451.     It's only common courtesy to tell the neighbours that we'll be _______ a party .
452.     _______ reached the final, the British _______ come a cropper against the more experienced German team.
453.     She's _______ a tattoo done on her leg.
454.     Not _______ to get up early is just one of the perks of being retired.
455.     It was common gossip that they were _______ an affair.
456.     Happiness was an emotion that Reynolds was _______ to relearn.
457.     He bitterly regretted ever _______ mentioned it.
458.     I'm _______ extreme difficulty in not losing my temper with her.
459.     _______ the children _______ made his life more livable.
460.     He was accusing my mum of _______ an affair with another man.
461.     I am _______ a skin graft on my arm soon.
462.     He returned to Britain in 1939, _______ resided abroad for many years.
463.     I'm giving/having/holding a party next Saturday night.
464.     Many people are now _______ trouble making their monthly house payments.
465.     You can insulate a house against heat loss by _______ the windows double-glazed.
466.     You're not _______ much luck today, are you?
467.     He's tied down by _______ to work every Saturday.
468.     _______ a kid is a 24/7 job.
469.     Unfounded rumours began circulating that Ian and Susan were _______ an affair.
470.     Oil spills are _______ a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean.
471.     She was super when I was _______ problems.
472.     Being simple is not settling for less, it is being satisfied with _______ just enough. _______ enough is not longing for more, it is being content with _______ you by my side.
473.     Love means never _______ to say you are sorry.
474.     Several pupils were designated as _______ moderate or severe learning difficulties.
475.     There is no inherent virtue in _______ read all the latest books.
476.     He grudgingly acknowledged _______ made a mistake.
477.     Many conscripts resent _______ to do their military service.
478.     _______ to pay out unexpectedly for car repairs made a big hole in my savings.
479.     _______ to wait hours came high on the list of complaints.
480.     The children were _______ fun, chasing each other's shadows.

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