The two sportsmen congratulated each other________winning the match by shaking hands.

Don’t worry. It won’t be long ______we see each other again.

—Chris is very clever and never wastes any time doing useless things．
—No _______ he always comes first in the examinations

Believe it or not ,our house isn’t ______ their new house bought last month.

It’s better to go shopping in the supermarket than ____ home for chat.

After the new technique was introduced， the factory produced _______ tractors in 1988 as the year before.

I am not a little tired today after giving the room a thorough cleaning and I have never had ______today.

Good news! The price of all those second-hand goods is ______ before.

--How was your weekend, Rose?
--Awful! This was the first time I ________ alone at home, bored to death.