Some animals are active at night.

She is an utter stranger to me.

They are victims of the so-called war.

The schedule's fine as long as nothing clashes.

By the end of the century, the earth will have experienced a dramatic increase in temperature.

He has risen to the present position by leaps and bounds.

She wanted to replace her old vase with a new one.

When the accountant was arrested, rumour had it that it was for his creative bookkeeping.

The exchange unfolding in front of my eyes had not a single millimetre of a gap in which for me to slip.

He dwelt on the complexities of modern life.