Although our former neighbor       here for years, we seldom met with each other．

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

The way the guests ___ in the hotel influenced their evaluation of the service.

—Have you ________ him to keep good hours?  —Yes, I have. But he doesn’t listen to me.

.I know a little bit about Italy as my wife and I______ there several years ago.