I found a bucket, ______ it in the sink and turned the tap on. 

Lawrence’s novel was rejected at first, but it later came to be ______ as a work of genius.

I have_______ my husband again and again not to smoke, but he won’t listen.

After the trainer was sure that the whale could look after itself, he _______ it into the sea.

My mother asked me where _____, and I told her that I was going to buy some food.