1. By the end of this year I realize I ________ writing tests for three years now.

2. As I was a stranger in that country I was not ________ with some of their customs and didn't understand why people were laughing at me.

3. That stupid dog ________ all day long.

4. With a view to providing a better environment for their children the couple decided to move ________ from the city to the countryside.

5. He finds breathing very difficult in restricted spaces as he ________ from asthma.

6. He finds himself in a very difficult situation since you could say he's ________ a rock and a hard place.

7. It doesn't matter what position you hold in society everyone is ________ to the same laws.

8. As a new employee she's very anxious to do the right thing and hopes that her new project ________ with the approval of her boss.

9. That programme is so boring that it's like watching paint ________ .

10. ________ ever heard of this writer before?