You are late. The meeting __________for about ten minutes.

Betty has studied Chinese _____ a year.

No matter how low you consider yourself, there is always someone _____you wishing they were that high.[ ]

The ancient emperors often ______ themselves ______ the sons of God.

The owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ more people to keep it running, __________ meant spending tens of thousands of pounds.