–There were already 5 people in the car, but they managed to take me as well.– It ________ a comfortable journey.
She insisted that she ______ not guilty, but we insisted that she ______ into prison.
She would never ______ to the unreasonable requirements of her manager.
The number of people invited ______ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different reasons.
He asked, “How are you getting along?” ----He asked ______.
I asked my boss for a month’s holiday and, ______, she agreed.