Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. How long does it usually ________ to get home in the evening?

2. Many elderly people have to live on the money they ________ when they were working.

3. I was shocked ________ his refusal.

4. The bus ________ from High Street to the Station Road is 30p.

5. If we go to the market we might find a ________.

6. I suggest ________ the "soup of the day" rather than the pate.

7. - Freda: Do you know our city at all? - Barry: No, it's the first time ________ here.

8. The Government should be spending money on new hospitals ________ than on defence.

9. I'd like you to meet a very good friend of ________, Alan Davis.

10. I'm not sure ________ the exact date, but I think he arrived here in 1959.

11. I don't think I'll beat him. I'm out of ________.

12. When he was hit on the head, he ________ consciousness.

13. If I were you I ________ go to the doctor tomorrow.

14. The garage gave me a 5 per cent ________ for paying cash.

15. Driving a car with faulty brakes is ________ quite a risk.