Forty minutes ____ for the children to finish all the work.

I can’t go for a picnic with you becausesomething urgent has _____ —What a shame!

He told me how he had given me shelter and protection, without which I ______of hunger. [ ]

Hearing his words ,I couldn’t decide or remain

Sitting opposite me on the train was an old man who wore eyeglasses_____ to a piece of ribbon.[ ]