1. You're _____ your time trying to persuade him; he'll never help you.

2. The hall was very crowded with over fifty people _____ into it.

3. We must get there _____ or other. If there are no buses, we'll have to take a taxi.

4. It was terrible. One passenger was killed, and the other was _____ injured.

5. Will you have _____ to tell her the truth?

6. Many people are campaigning for the _____ of whale hunting.

7. He is a little bit _____ in his left ear, but if you speak clearly he will hear.

8. She told Alan _____ for borrowing her guitar without permission.

9. I _____ be delighted to show you round the factory.

10. I am grateful _____ you for being so patient with him.

11. Betty saw her little brother _____ after his dog.

12. The school arranges a _____ to Brighton every year.

13. It's distressing to see small children _____ in the streets.

14. Trade Union officials and management met today to discuss the _____ at the factory.

15. We have agreed _____ the need for firm action.

16. The accident was your fault - you _____ have been driving so fast.

17. Scientists had never met this problem before: it was _____ .

18. "How can we _____ out together what we're to do if we never talk about it frankly?"

19. John was amazed when the train arrived exactly _____ time.

20. I paid a lot of money, but got very little for it. It wasn't a very good _____ .

21. The witness's testimony was _____ to the outcome of the trial.

22. It took the search party three days to _____ the missing hikers.

23. The new law will _____ into effect starting from next month.

24. She was so _____ in her work that she didn't realize how late it was.

25. The proposal was rejected because it wasn't _____ with the city's building codes.