I should very much like to have gone to the party, but ______.

The lake beside our city will _____ when autumn comes around. [ ]

Why this newspaper allows such a stupid article to be printed is ________ me[ ]

I would not have minded the difficulty of the work if the pay had not been so poorI _______ the lowest wage of that time—two dollars an hour.

May we leave the classroom now-No, you _______. You _______ to leave until the bell rings.