1)   Unfortunately the cooker overheated and then exploded and so it really wasn't long before the whole house was alight.

2)   After several days underground after the earthquake one child was pulled out alive.

3)   They found that there was no possibility of work in their own country so they decided to try their luck abroad.

4)   I must congratulate her on the way she has overcome all her problems and gone back to her old job to start anew.

5)   I've looked everywhere for my passport and can only assume it has gone astray.

6)   When she told her parents that she had decided to get married, they were utterly taken aback.

7)   There are no two ways about it because the crime that has been committed is really akin to murder.

8)   So many good ideas abound in his mind, he finds it difficult to know where to start.

9)   I spent ages fixing the nail in the wall to put the picture up and then I stood back and found it was askew.

10)   We couldn't wait for them to come home after their holidays as we were all agog to hear what had happened.