The council members and the mayor ________ running for re-election.

A husband and father ________ all he wanted to be.

Neither the student nor the teacher ________ the semester to end.

The teacher, along with 12 students, ________ each morning for class.

Bacon and eggs ________ his favorite breakfast.

Eggs, sometimes accompanied by bacon, ________ his favorite source of protein.

The boy standing beside the girls ________ tall.

The number of votes ________138.

A number of people ________ coming to vote.

Controversial scientists say they have identified drugs that can ________ a student's intelligence.

The physician who was investigating residents' complaints about the ill effects of pesticides now ________ dying in a suburban hospital.

He ________ six miles to take the title.

The controversial mayor was ________ in effigy.

He let his mail ________ on the desk for months.

He ________ at his PC all afternoon, uploading quizzes onto the Internet.

The network executive ________ the trophy on the table.

He ________ his fist and challenged his colleagues to do a better job.

The station's ratings ________ to a new low.

His second film had ________ that he could play a serious role.

He claimed that the herb was a ________ remedy for verbitis.