Question: 1 Mrs Ashton: Excuse me but do you know ....... this train is going to London?

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Question: 2 Mr Corp: Oh yes, madam. She's ....... going to London.

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Question: 3 Mrs Ashton: Well, that's good ........

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Question: 4 Mr Corp: What ....... you say that, madam?

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Question: 5 Mrs Ashton: Well, last time I ....... by train, I got on the wrong one.

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Question: 6 Mr Corp: What ....... to you then?

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Question: 7 Mrs Ashton: It was terrible because I ended ....... miles away from where I wanted to go.

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Question: 8 Mr Corp: Well, you'll have no such ....... today, madam.

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Question: 9 Mrs Ashton: Look are you ....... the train's going to London. It's taking a long time to leave.

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Question: 10 Mr Corp: Don't you ....... madam. It is going to London but not for another 4 hours!

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Question: 1 May I ask you whether you have had a chance to ....... my case?

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Question: 2 Can I ....... it to you that the delay you have caused is not reasonable?

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Question: 3 Could I know why the business has ....... so long to conclude?

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Question: 4 May I make another ....... to ask you to explain the situation more clearly?

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Question: 5 I would be most interested to know why the committee has turned ....... my proposal.

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Question: 6 We should be delighted to find out when the new scheme comes into ........

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Question: 7 How much is the new car ....... to cost me?

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Question: 8 When are you thinking of buying a ....... washing machine?

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Question: 9 What has ....... to your New Year resolution to stop smoking?

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Question: 10 Why do you always ....... me when I try to ask a question?

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Question: 1 The result of the election didn't give either candidate a clear majority but in the end the leader of the opposition agreed to step down and ....... to the wishes of the electorate.

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Question: 2 The sound of the waterfall goes on all day and night and in the end the ....... noise gets on your nerves.

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Question: 3 I apologized for what seemed like a deliberate act of rudeness but I explained that it had been purely accidental and an ....... action on my part.

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Question: 4 Although it's a complicated subject the professor managed to make it all totally clear and ....... by her delivery.

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Question: 5 When you take a party of tourists round a famous city there are always those who ....... and keep everybody else waiting.

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Question: 6 Before she knew what had happened a man suddenly fell on her ....... across and stealing her handbag.

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Question: 7 There was absolutely no call for him to criticise her so cruelly and in almost a ....... manner.

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Question: 8 There was absolutely no question about it he was the ....... idiot such as you'd find in one of those old farces.

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Question: 9 You'll soon get used to his funny ways as it's one of the ....... of his personality.

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Question: 10 He didn't really give speeches because he used to scream and shout and you could hear him ....... a hundred meters down the road.

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