It turned out that one of the children I thought a girl was _______ a boy.

Don’t talk round the question; come             to the point.

He once worked out a plan for the project; ______, most people didn’t agree to it.

—Timmy, it is raining heavily out. Shall we stop here?—_______, we must finish this work today.

One day, when I was walking in the street, someone dropped a pie from a window above, and it _______ missed landing on my head.