The meeting was long and the speakers said ______nothing worth listening to.

I got to know him five years ago. We have been in close touch with each other ______.

(2014·东北三校第二次联考)It is shown that men have________as women do on average while driving according to recent statistics.

One day, when I was walking in the street, someone dropped a pie from a window above, and it _______ missed landing on my head.

 --When were the soldiers sent to the earthquake-stricken area? -- _______ the earthquake broke out.