The rain was heavy and _________ the land was flooded.

The performer was waving his stick in the street and it ___ missed the child standing nearby.

_____ to the delight of the schoolchildren, they will have a longer winter holiday which falls a week earlier than they have expected.

There were a lot of people standing at the door and the small girl couldn’t get _______      

We’ll go early．     ，we may not get a seat．