196. In the storm the kind-hearted driver _____ me a lift and I came home safely.

195. Frank was absent from school this morning. He _____ in bed for the whole morning.

194. Peter begged his neighbour to       him twenty pounds until the weekend.

193. Every time before a meal the little child _____ the chairs for his family.

191. The hotel was very different from what the advertisement       us to expect. We found that its conditions were terrible.

190. The famous scientist began the research which       his new discoveries.

189. Albert Einstein       the rest of his life quietly in a small town in the USA.
A. cost                   B. took                  C. lead                    D. Lived

188. John _____ on the desk the compositions he had written, and then _____ for a rest.

187. Yesterday we had a long meeting which       four hours.

186. I only _______ him from my wife, but I have never met him.