1. I think I heard a drum ________ .

2. After his wife's death, his evenings have been long and ________ .

3. Mrs Ashton: It was terrible because I ended ________ miles away from where I wanted to go.

4. Mr Corp: Don't you ________ madam. It is going to London but not for another 4 hours!

5. You can't lift this heavy suitcase ________ .

6. Bill: Yes. You ________ dial 9 and then your number.

7. Annette never leaves her five-year-old son ________ at home.

8. Bob picked up the ________ and dialed 9 then his home number.

9. John ________ his mother in the face for the first time in his life.

10. For a long time now we have been looking for a ________ house to live in.