Many years had ____ before they returned to their original urban areas.

Before the year of______, the life of gorillas was quite easy.

He talked_________he had never met me before， which made me quite embarrassed．

Many a student ___that mistake before.

The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. This bird，____the market vendor，was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose.

This year they had produced _________ grain __________ they did last year.

War was followed by many years of ________.

Before he died he had_________ a large quantity of alcohol.

The Dakota has had many ____________________.

26．_________in the doorway，the house appeared to be much smaller than it had seemed to us as children many years a90．A．When we stood B．Being standing C．Standing D．Stood

_____ had been used in the front of costumes for several thousand years before the Ming dynasty.

____ who had been in prison for seven years.

How many-countries had joined the internet by the year 1995_____

Joe had many regrets when he __________ the years he spent abroad. A． looked back on B. looked down upon C. looked up to D. looked out of

Larry Griffin was woken at three that morning to be told that his last-minute_____against his death sentence for the murder of Quintin Moss, 15 years before, had been unsuccessful.

--How long ______ each other before they ______ married？--For about a year.

Before Sunday's vote, Hezbollah had ______ legislative seats in south Lebanon.

She told me she ____ the Party two years before.

So many representatives__________, the conference had to be put off.

My sister's professor had her ______ her paper many times before presenting it to the committee.

My sister's professor had her __________ her paper many times before presenting it to the committee. A．rewrite B. to rewrite C. rewrote D. rewriting

Jane hadn&39;t been to London before______ had her husband.

Rose knows that continuous letters from John, together with countless roses, are aimed at making her ________ him. 6. ________ public school for drinking and smoking and then failing in show business as a singer, she joined her father's business 10 years ago. 7. Since the great scandals in banking, many people in the country have ________ the prospects of economic recovery within a few years. 8. The parents were quite happy to ________ our suggestion because it had taken their most important concerns into consideration.

I discovered an addiction to housework which I had never felt before________.

______ to collage this year, We must study harder than ever before .