Billy kept asking his mother whether he could go to the movies and she          at last.

 The bus ________ with a loud noise of its tyres when the light turned red.

I ______ her to work hard at English, but she didn’t listen to me.

—The heavy snow hasn't caused any inconvenience to people in Nanjing, has it?—Yes. Just imagine the city ________ with nearly 20 centimeters of snow one night.

When the questions got personal during the talk show, the actress ________ in tears as she opened up about the wounds she suffered.