171. Simon had not expected that he would feel so weak after the operation.
=> The operation left ..............................................................................
172. Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of $ 10,000he was able to buy the house he wanted.
=> Had his ..........................................................................................
173. They were unable to finish their game of tennis because of a heavy shower.
=> A heavy shower ..............................................................................
174. I didn’t realize he was your brother until I saw the photograph.
=> It was only .......................................................................................
175. I haven’t been to see them for over a year.
=> It .......................................................................................................
176. The president is the statesman I admire most of all.
=> There is .............................................................................................
177. Don’t you wish you could get out more in the evenings?
=> Don’t you get fed ..............................................................................
178. It certainly wasn’t me who took your car! Said bob.
=> Bob denied .......................................................................................
179. It’s nobody’s fault that the meeting was cancelled.
=> Nobody .............................................................................................
180. The students regretted that they had missed the lecture.
=> The students regretted not ................................................................
181. If you miss the program you can’t really judge.
=> Unless ................................................................................................
182. John and Mary moved to Edinburgh twenty years ago.
=> It is .....................................................................................................
183. She never seems to succeed, even though she works hard.
=> However ............................................................................................
184. It was more of an argument than a discussion.
=> It was not so ......................................................................................
185. I write to him almost every day.
=> Hardly ................................................................................................
186. Mary told the police about the burglary.
=> Mary reported .....................................................................................
187. I never intended to go to the meeting.
=> I never had .........................................................................................
188. He just had time to put up her umbrella before the rain came down in torrents.
=> No sooner ...........................................................................................
189. “Why didn’t you report the incident to the police last week?” the officer asked the frightened witness.
=> The officer wanted to know ................................................................
190. The president visit attracted such an enormous crowd that all traffic came to a standstill.
=> So many ............................................................................................
191. A fire destroyed most of the old city of London in the 1660s.
=> The destruction ...................................................................................
192. He hasn’t been back to his hometown over 20 years now.
=> It is ......................................................................................................
193. Traveling by plane is much more expensive than traveling by train.
=> Traveling by train ................................................................................
194. I would love to be rich and famous.
=> If only ..................................................................................................
195. It took a long time for them to decide to get married.
=> They ...................................................................................................
196. “Is it, or it is not true that you have been misappropriating company funds?” the managing director asked the accountant.
=> The managing director wanted ........................................................
197. There is a large restaurant in the art- gallery.
=> The art- gallery...................................................................................
198. Getting to the art- gallery is easy.
=> It is ....................................................................................................
199. Tickets can be booked over the phone.
=> You ...................................................................................................
200. We couldn’t drive because of the fog.
=> If ......................................................................................................
