Anne（）from outside her home last Wednesday.

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

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

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

I want you to succeed without（）and firmly believe that you will succeed if you try hard enough.

Shall we request the chairman（）our suggestion again?

He（）for military service against the wishes of his parents.

An explosion is a sudden increase in amount（）

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

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