Mr. Thomas is ______ a teacher to us. We look on him as our friend. 

The little girl ________ to be a good singer if she gets good training in a music school.

Voices were _____ as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered. 

The people who objected to cloning human beings went on strike and _________ the traffic.

At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it _____ his mind that she was trying to tell him something.