Fill in each gap with one word

1. I don't know
   [ ] just called me. I don't have this number in my contacts.
2. The flight was cancelled due
   [ ] the weather conditions.
3. I opened the parcel at the post office as
   [ ] as I got it.
4. By
   [ ] time I finished my online lesson, everyone had left home.
5. I can't find my purse. I don't remember
   [ ] I left it when I came home yesterday.
6. I didn't tell you where I was going in
   [ ] to keep a surprise party secret.
7. I came here
   [ ] talk to you. I have nothing else to do here.
8. Mr Jones,
   [ ] owns that restaurant at the corner, is my father's good friend.
9. Take a snack in
   [ ] you get hungry on your way to Novgorod.