— Have you seen Michael recently ?— Yes, in fact I saw him this morning. I ____ him for two years. 

 Although Jane agrees with me on most points, there was one on which she was unwilling to _______.

Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine school, where she ____English for a year.

—Ye Shiwen got the championship in the women's 400 meter individual medley at London Olympics.—She fully deserves the title. She ________ for it for years.

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