1
)
I
hadn't
eaten
much
____________________
a
couple
of
days
,
so
I
was
really
hungry
.
2
)
He
said
that
by
the
____________________
he
found
his
mobile
,
it
had
stopped
ringing
.
3
)
I
went
to
bed
as
____________________
a
my
friends
had
left
.
4
)
We
went
to
the
cinema
because
we
hadn't
seen
a
film
____________________
the
previous
month
.
5
)
Jennifer
closed
the
window
but
,
by
____________________
,
the
parrot
had
flown
away
.
6
)
When
we
turned
the
TV
on
,
the
news
had
____________________
started
.
7
)
We
didn't
start
eating
____________________
everyone
had
got
their
meals
.
8
)
I
had
a
headache
because
I'd
been
working
on
the
computer
all
____________________
.