The fans were angry because the band ______ the concert five minutes before it was due to start.

By the time Jake finished his apprenticeship, he ______ in Bangkok for two years.

I ______ the races for years before I finally won!

She ______ of working in the Shanghai office when suddenly she was offered a transfer to Shanghai by her boss.

The players ______ for 20 minutes by the time we arrived at the tennis match.

At the press conference, the police explained they ______ the missing man on an island in the South Pacific.