Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence

1. If the greengrocer has some bananas ________ buy some please?

2. There has been a rather worrying ________ ten per cent in our profits this year.

3. I'm tired of looking at ancient ________. Let's go to somewhere modern.

4. Patricia wasn't accustomed ________ by coach.

5. We started early ________ to miss the worst of the traffic.

6. I don't think I could ever get used to ________ to work so early.

7. He could hardly ________ such a generous offer.

8. I thought I'd buy her a ________ brown bag.

9. She's rung ________ I must have said something to upset her.

10. I don't think Nicole will have any problems at the interview: she's a very self-________ young lady.

11. He got a bad mark because he had ________ a lot of mistakes in his homework.

12. More often ________ not, it rains here in summer.

13. Clock-making is very ________ work which takes years to learn.

14. At the end of the day we watch a little television ________ going to bed.

15. Children in large families learn how to get ________ with other people.

16. Have you got time to discuss your work now or are you ________ to leave?

17. I cannot be held responsible ________ other people's mistakes.

18. How much did they charge you ________ that?

19. All students leaving college at the end of term must leave their addresses so that letters can be sent ________.

20. The bill came to over a thousand dollars ________.