This is the second time Nie Haisheng ________ to be the astronaut who took the glorious task.

In the terrible dream he found himself on the surface of a strange animal but it ______ to be his own pillow. 

I asked him to come at 8 o’clock, but he _________. It’s already 9 now.

I suppose that when I come back in two year’s time all these old houses will ____ down．

The computer looks old, but it _________ just half a year ago.