A deaf-and- dumb(聋哑)man ________ some nails, so he entered a store, put two fingers together on the counter and made hammering movements with the other hand.
Above it _____ a famous painting.
I have waited for her since _____.
He _____ up early since his childhood.
They _____ for sixteen hours and still have a long way to go.
It was said that they _____ for twenty-five years.