The number of students of this school ____greatly in the last few years.
High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.
He was afraid that the branch might bend over and break, and he would be sent _____ to the ground.
Do you think a wife should _____ her habits and tastes to those of her husband?
They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake.
Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.