Though ________ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small-town life.

 After three hours' discussion, the meeting finally ________ without any agreement on the issue.

---Does your brother serve in the army?---No, not now. But he ________ in the army for 8 years.

The graduation ceremony, which thousands of graduates _________ last night, was a success.

—It seems that you know Dr. John very well. —Of course, we   ________     together for five years in the 1990s.