The girl ______ in America for years． After graduation, she returned home, quite at a loss during her hunt for a job．

 Mary ________ as a secretary in this company for twenty years and now she stays at home taking care of her own garden.

 You have to keep alert when you are in the supermarket; otherwise, you might _____ what you actually don’t need at all.

. I’ve won a holiday for two days to Florida. I _______ my mum.

My friend has returned from the UK. She ______ at Oxford for four years, during which we communicated with each other on the Internet.