1. It being stuffy in the room, I opened the window.
2. Thanks to the driver’s skill the old man was not knocked down.
3. Our work being completed, we may have a good rest.
4. For all his experience in this branch of science, he is sometimes compelled to consult the professor.
5. In spite of the snowstorms in the mountains, the geologists managed to carry out their work.
6. She spoke in a low voice to avoid disturbing the patients.
7. He blamed nobody except his younger brother.
8. Except the pianist himself all the people found the concert to be a success.
9. That day the sea was too stormy for people to bathe.
10. During the holidays I went to Moscow to see an old friend of mine.
11. It being a nice little place, the hostess were rather proud of it.
12. But for the umbrella he would have some drenched and would have caught cold.