The police ______ the stolen jewellery and returned it to the owner.

There was a football match last night.______ people went to watch it.

Jenny and I ____ friends for six years. We first got to know each other at a Christmas party. But we ____ each other a couple times before that. [ ]

I have been living in the United States for twenty years, but seldom _____ so lonely as now．

How did you find him out?—I ______ his name by chance on the list.