Possible Clues:

• 'I ___ ready!'
• ''Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ fuzzy ...''
• ''That ___ so bad''
• ''... Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ fuzzy ...''
• "That __ funny"
• Contraction in an alibi, perhaps
• 'Rome -- built in a day'
• Lacked life
• ''Rome ___ built in a day''
• 'Rome ___ …'