George returned after the war,only_______that his wife had left him.

Before the bridge was built ______ the river, thevillagers had to take a boat to the other side.

As the prisoner had been ______from the outside world for twenty years, he had no idea what the outside world was like.

Who is _______, Bill, Tom or John— I think John is ____ than Bill and Tom.

ago we didn’t know this, but recent sciencestudy ________that people who don’t sleep well soon get ill.