Ten years ago the population of our village was ______ that of theirs.
Dressed untidily and speaking in a strange way, Father must have ______ to the people present to be a silly old man.
The film “World without thieves” ______ a great success and brought in a large profit to the cinema.
After retirement, Mr. Smith ______ painting, which he had always loved but had not had time for.
You’d better ______ some hot water into the bottle in case the teacools down.
When the Greeks had _____ the Persians, a soldier ran from Marathon to Athens.