for most of the time

These grapes look really beautiful.— They _______! See the price $3.99 a pound. Very expensive, aren’t they!

Hardly ________ home when he was asked to go back to work

Fred and Jim did not like each other at first,but ______ they became friends.[ ]

It is a long time ______ I saw you last． —Yes．And it will be a long time ______ we see each other again．