Exercise 24. Fill in the blanks with articles before nouns in some common expressions if necessary.

1. I went often to... theatre, to... movies, losing myself for a few hours at a time in the fantasies. 2. There simply isn't enough airspace above New York — I'm thinking of travelling there by... train in future. 3. Every piece is insured and described in... detail. 4. He stood on... deck. 5. Doreen didn't like to be turfed out of her own flat every time. Bart came home on... leave. 6. One night he went to... theatre, on the blind chance that he might see her, and from the second balcony he did see her. 7. There was even a mention of the fact that Rudolph had run the two-twenty for the Port Philip track team and that he had played... trumpet in a jazz combination called the River Five in the middle of 1940s. 8. I told Mrs. Grimes that I had been called to the city on... business and that I would be gone a day or two. 9. I found myself in a dif­ficulty when I asked her to play... piano, he didn't know that she couldn't play. 10. They have no light after eight o'clock, but from sardine-tins, a little oil and a rag they make lamps by the light of which they can see enough to play... cards. 11. We decided to leave before things got out of …hand. 12. When I rang for letters and the papers next morning a message was delivered to me, in... answer to my note to Miss Fellows. 13. I wrote you in...care of an address your mother gave me, about a very important private matter. 14. We played... whist. I had teamed the game when I was a child. 15. I have no mother, nor, in... fact, any relations. 16. Castleman and his friends, smart, showy youths, all played... tennis and... bridge and knew all the latest shows and dances and drinks. 17. Finished with my calculations of times, weights, distances, sunshine, and rain, I read, making sure always to have a supply of books on... hand to suit my tastes. 18. I urge my colleagues to join me in … support of this plan. 19. He published his first novel at the period when men of letters, to show their virility, drank beer and played... cricket. 20. I always keep my calculator close at …hand. 21. The company is now in…hands of the official receiver. 22. " Of course I'll let you know, " Michael said gently. " I couldn't bear not hearing you play... piano from... time to... time." 23. The switchboard was at... work early, he noted approvingly. 24. He stumbled over a big rock and fell and shot the gun by... acci­dent and got a lot of dirt in his eyes. 25. Brad listened to Fred’s story in... silence. 26. Mike was driving at … speed of 110 km\h when the accident happened. 27. " All right, " he said, " he is waiting for us in... office. Have you got a car, or do we go by... taxi? " 28. Julie was crazy about music and liked to sing and thought he played... marvellous trumpet. 29. Both of them seemed to know Pushkin by... heart. 30. Catching sight of the clock at the Army and Navy stores, he re­membered an engagement to play... volleyball at his club. 31. They must have sent out a call by... radio from the car ahead of us. 32. Michael wanted to speak to Julia so he decided to go to... theatre and catch her there. 33. Europe is not for me. I like to come on... holidays and all that, but not permanently. 34. I wasn't at Jack and Gilt's that night by... accident. 35. " I'm not mar­ried." —" Bravo, " she said, " I am in... possession of a fact." 36. He was chronically in... debt. 37. She sent a letter by... post.