He _______ as a manager for twelve years before he retired.

The dolphin ______ when the vets arrived. They couldn't help him.

He ________ the walls when suddenly he fell off the stool.

I wonder if you _____ me a glass of water.

I ______ to send her an email to congratulate her on her birthday, but I didn't manage it.

They _______ the computer by Wednesday.

She told her husband that she ______ from allergy for many years.

After my cousins ______, I went to the garden.

They were cold because they _______ in the snow.

Jill said that she would go home as soon as she ______ her project.