Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs 1. ... view ... the approaching conference the organisation committee is busy ... all kinds of arrangements. 2. He found it difficult to concentrate ... the work with so many people around. 3. Are you brave and honest enough to say right... his face what you are saying ... his back? 4. It was much easier to deal ... the problem ... letter than face the angry customer and account ... all the things that ought to have been done but never had. 5. The actress's indifference gave way ... pleasure as soon as the man introduced himself as a reporter and said that he had come to interview her ... her latest successful film. 6. There was hardly anything to say ... support ... his plan. 7. Let him do the work alone, it will give him confidence ... himself. 8. ... first they couldn't make ... who was ... the plan. 9. How could she have let them ...! They put ah their trust ... her. 10. His betrayal was brought ... our knowledge only recently. 11. Having got lost ... a strange city once, I never leave the hotel now without a city-plan. 12. The young worker can be trusted ... the work, he won't spoil it. 13. With so much work ... hand I can hardly think ... going ... a holiday now. 14. He is sure to stand ... ... his friends ... any circumstances. 15. She did not answer the question ... once. She was evidently playing ... time. 16. I regret to say his help did not amount ... much. 17. When the old woman got ... the bus, a young man sitting next ... the door jumped ... his feet and offered her his seat. 18. The boys continued playing football unaware ... the rain. 19. If he promises something he'll never get back ... his word. 20. He was proud to have been taken ... their confidence.