What great fun the children had____ basketball! I didn’t have the heart to stop them.

Though your status is permanent, your identification card is         only for 20 years and has to be renewed regularly.

In fact, I think it’s very much nicer without the naughty boy, if you don’t mind me _______ so. 

Nowadays, basic health care services are  ________      to almost all the Chinese people. This accounts for the fact that the average life expectancy of the Chinese has already risen to 75.

 I’m glad you told me about the concert being cancelled. ____ I’d have traveled all the way to Beijing for nothing.