. Smiths was busy writing a story, only ______ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.

Littleabout her own safety when trying to save the poor blind man, though she was in great danger herself.[ ]

The settlement is home to nearly 1,000 people，many of______left their village homes for a better life in the city.

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I am writing a novel these days and it is nearly ___________.