We could have done something meaningful in the time it ________ to watch that boring movie.

 The baby is generally healthy, but every now and then he ______ a cold.

Since I won the big prize, my telephone hasn’t stopped ringing. People ______ to ask how I am going to spend the money.

Mother wanted to be a good provider, a role she ______ since her marriage to Father.

 —That must have been a long trip.—Yeah, it________us a whole week to get there.