He is out of work, feeling as if he has _________ nothing.

Beethoven is my favourite musician. I regard him ______ other musicians.

He had once been           with drug dealings, but evidence found laterproved his innocence.

-- What impressed you most during your stay in Britain? -- I had the _____ of meeting the Queen when she visited our school.

Peter survived in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He _______escaped drowning.