They _______ all the details of the plan time and again to make sure that the project went smoothly.

 In May 2005 he _____the news to his parents that he intended to give up law and become a professional ballet dancer.

In the country guests tend to feel they are not highly __________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.

—How long have you been going to work on foot?—Since last month when I ________ from a heart attack.

To my amazement, that man ______ the flood and afterwards he became rich. But he ______ his wife and children and lived abroad.