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.................... the swimming pool is quite far from where I live, I try to go there three times a week.

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.................... being given tickets to the football match, we decided to watch it on TV.

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.................... I’d love to be a professional footballer, I don’t think I’m talented enough.

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....................  feeling very tired, she managed to finish the race.

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I didn’t enjoy the match because we lost. ...................... , our opponents played very well.

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She was very easy to talk to, ........................ being a famous tennis star.

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Ten percent of British teenagers dream of becoming sports stars. ........................... , very few will achieve their ambition.

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I won the game ........................... I’d never played badminton before.

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