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1. No sooner had she put up her umbrella than the rain came down in torrents.
2. The otíicer vvanted to know why the vvitness had not reported the incident to
the police the previous week.
3. So many people turned out to se e the President that all trattic cam e to a
standstill.
4. The destruction of most of the old City of London w as brought about by a
fire in the 1600s.
5. It is over 20 years since he last went back to his home town.
6. Travelling by train is much cheaper than travelling by plane.
7. If only I were rich and íamous!
8. They eventually decided to get married.
9. The managing director vvanted to know if the accountant had been
misappropriating company funds.
10. Only by operating innnnediately can we save your eyesight.

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If he hadn’t been late for work every morning, he wouldn’t have lost his job.
1.
2. The exhibition has not been so well attended this year.
3. It’s not the job rm interested in; it’s the people.
4. The excuse for the declaration of war was the detence of their territorial rights.
5. Johnny Brax is a caretul driver on public roads but a terror on the racetrack.
According to our Science correspondent, this new invention is the answer to
6 .
many of our problems.
7. ril be disappointed if there is no snow at Christmas/ if w e don’t have snow
at Christmas.
8. This work must be tinished for / by six o’clock.
9. Re-decorating this roonn would be pointless/useless.
10. Never accept cheques vvithout proof of identity/unless you have proof of
ìdentity.

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1. The doctor vvarned the patient that he vvould have another heart attack if he
didn’t take it easy.

2. This reporter, vvhose background I know well, is 100% honest.
3. By stretching a rope from one side of the crevasse to the other they were
able to haul their equipment across.
4. The smoking of cigarettes is no longer as popular/vvidespread as it used to be.
5. W e’ve given the matter a lot of thought and have tinally com e to a decision.
6 . What is the matter/vvrong with this TV?
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