The discovery of gold in Sahara Desert led thousands to believe that a fortune________.

—Beg your pardon, but I didn’t quite catch what you said.
—Oh, I         to myself.

—Does your uncle still smoke?
—He       given it up. It’s two years ever since he      .

Our food supply _____. We’d better get some in case there’s ____ left.

—If it hadn’t been raining so hard, I might have been home much earlier.
—It’s too bad you _____ it. Nancy _____ here and she _____ to see you.

“I       in the dormitory, watching the live TV broadcast about the tsunami.” David told the policeman who had driven there to question him.

The famous reporter, who is said to have gone back to America last year, _____in China for  almost twenty years.

Five workers ____ the mine disaster. After the injured ___ to the hospital, doctors and nurses immediately got down to saving their lives.

Mary liked the watch so much that she used what she had to pay for it. Now only five cents____.

Large quantities of water, as well as some other timely help including a medical team ___since the serious drought hit Yunnan Province.