The number of people invited _____ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different reasons.
Having become famous, Wang Baoqiang often has people ______ him in the street and ______ for his autograph (签名).
As far as I am concerned, our unbeatable school team _________ the important game.
Now the People’s Liberation Army is _______ very modern weapons, which no one dares to look down upon.
--Have you ever been here before? ---Well, I once _________ here for four years. Those days are really unforgettable.
The reason _______ he gave at the conference last week for his being carelessness was funny.