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35. The new regulations have ___________ up a number of problems for the company.

36. We ___________ on the beach now if we hadn't missed the plane.

37. I admit breaking the window, but it wasn't ___________.

38. Ian Mills won the election ___________ all the odds.

39. We're saving for our holiday, so we're ___________ back on luxuries this month.

40. It would have been a great journey, ___________ we not got lost along the way.

41. Nobody wanted to tell Richard he wasn't invited, but I drew the short ___________ so I had to do it.

42. Scientists are predicting that the volcano might erupt so people have been ___________ from the area.