1.   For a long time I was ashamed of my father and the fact he never finished school.

2.   He wants to join the air force when he finishes school.

3.   He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school.

4.   I finished school last June.

5.   Most people our age have finished school, and Mike is the exception that proves the rule.

6.   She finished school last year, and she worked for six months in a hospital to get some money.

7.   They established a bakery that eventually employed several hundred village girls on a part-time basis while they finished school.

8.   Her proudest accomplishment was to finish school.

9.   She seemed sincere in her commitment to finish school.