She couldn't（）laughing at him in those clothes.

I could not persuade him to accept it,（）make him see the importance of it.

The aircraft vanished without（）

The noise of the traffic（）Paul from his work.

She had clearly no（）of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

Mr. Sanders has been asked to（）the next meeting of the committee.

Inquiries（）the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.

The price they offered for my old car was so low that I（）it down.

I was（）than angry when I saw how they'd ruined the landscape.

The weakening housing market continued to take its（）on the industry.