Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

But for the timely intervention of the police, the thief ______ by the angry mob. 

In each of the following questions, select the option that best completes the gap. 

The touts ____ arrested during the riot. 

In each of the following questions, select the option that best completes the gap. 

To be alive after such a serious accident _____ a celebration. 

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. 

If her brother ____ here, he would call the police. 

Choose the option that best completes the gap in the sentence. 

How many eggs were _____ by the hen?