The wounded policeman ____though doctors made every effort to save him.

----- What is the price of petrol these days？-----Oh, it ______ sharply since last month. 

 Now, thanks to the government’s quick reaction, thousands of children who would otherwise have died___________. 

 We will lose the game unless he ______ us. 

After leaving college, Mike was employed in an international company and _____ there ever since.