The plan ______ just because people were unwilling to co-operate.

 I had hoped to get to the meeting, but I found at the last minute that I couldn’t ________ it. 

What I wanted to know was when and where the meeting ______.

Tom’s father had not spoken to him since his marriage, because he considered Tom ______ a mistake in marrying so young a girl.

Your basketball team ________ our team yesterday, but we ________ the game this afternoon.