—Have you finished your homework yet?—Not yet. I ______ to do it just a few minutes ago.

．It was a long time before she_________ to what he had said.

It _______to John that he had left the door unlocked.

I’ll____ him off this time but next time he’ll be punished. 

When I woke up, it was already midnight and it took a few seconds for my eyes to _____ to the darkness.