There is no need for you to go on a diet; you are only slightly overweight ______ your height.

Recently we held a discussion about what we shall use for power when all the oil in the world has _________

I support your decision, but I should also make it clear that I am not going to be to carry it out.

Mum ______ to us, “Be quiet! Your little sister’s sleeping.”

She felt disappointed when she found out they had gone swimming____ her