––What a journey! We’ve finally arrived!––_____ an out-of-date train schedule, we would not have missed the train.

I should very much like to have gone to the party, but ______. 

Sir, you ______ be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and children only. 

----How is your new job going?----Well, I’m learning a lot of new things, but I’d rather the director ______ me some feedback soon.

There is a possibility that these hens could be frightened and lay fewer eggs       a sudden loud noise.