1. The car broke down in the middle of nowhere.
2. Her parents died when she was young, and she was brought up by her grandmother.
3. If this weather persists, we'll have to call off the picnic.
4. We came across a wonderful restaurant when we were walking through the city.
5. In the middle of our telephone conversation, we were suddenly cut off.
6. Her plans fell through when she had to return home to look after her sick mother.
7. At first, she didn't get on very well with her boss.
8. The milk had gone off, so we had black coffee instead.
9. If you don't succeed at first, you should keep on trying.
10. I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.
11. The meeting was put off until the following week.
12. Brian takes after his father, they're so similar.
13. I didn't go to German classes, but managed to pick some up when I was working in Munich.
14. He has a strong accent and it can sometimes be a bit difficult to make out what he's saying.
15. They promised to back him up if he complained to the boss.
16. She decided to turn down the job because the salary was too low.
17. One of the first steps to becoming healthy is to give up smoking.
18. He said he was French, but he knew he was really British as his accent gave him away.
19. When business picked up, the company had to take on extra staff.
20. He set up a company which made computers, and within a few years he was a millionaire.
21. The restaurant was very busy, and the manager had to turn away a lot of customers.
22. We ran up against a few problems when we tried to enter the country without our passports.
23. I can't make up my mind where to go for my holiday this year.
24. I managed to put off some money for a holiday to Spain.
25. The burglar alarm went off in the middle of the night and woke everybody up.
26. She's a bit of a snob and tends to look down on people.
27. They didn't have much money, but somehow they managed to get by.
28. If you miss too many lessons, you'll begin to fall behind.
29. She was very pretentious, and liked showing off to everybody.
30. When her boyfriend told her he wanted them to split up, she was upset for a long time.
