As we joined the big crowd I got _____ from my friends.

During the Olympic torch relay, thousands of people __________ in either side of the street.

When the dog attacked me, I _________ myself with a stick.

The student _____ from the training so much that he was _____ the first prize in the game. 

The telephone _____ three times in the last hour, and each time it _____ for my sister.