We were about to start out________ our friends called us up from Shanghai

Did you catch the early bus this morning?—NoIt had left the stop________I arrived there.[ ]

The young man didn’t mean to the house. He stole into it and made a fire only to get warm.

The little boy, ____ two attempts to climb over thefence of the garden, decided to have another try.

Would you slow down a bit, please I can’t ______ you.