FILL THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT PHRASAL VERB IN THE NECESSARY TENSE

1. A petty argument may sometimes ... a long life enmity.
2. At first, my father didn’t want to lend me his car, but I managed to ... in the end.
3. Being a housewife and working out, she found it very hard to ... their children.
4. Even the best medical treatment failed to \(the patient\) ... his illness.

5. Everybody thought he wouldn’t win the race, but he ...
magnificently.
6. He found a great deal of opposition among his colleagues, however, he did his best to ... the project.
7. He took the drowning girl out of the water but didn’t manage to ... , so he called for an ambulance.
8. His investments in various companies ... \(him\) a total of £100,000 a year.

9. I wish you would stop ... the subject every time I see you.
10. I’ve been told that the government is ... a new law.
11. I’ve never felt comfortable living in a big city. I was ...
in the country.
12. In spite of bargaining for over two weeks, the disagreements between the two countries ... a war.

13. It shouldn’t be difficult to ... .

14. Please ...
to me when you’ve finished reading it.
15. She was very ill and ... everything she had eaten.
16. That publishing firm has ... a new science encyclopedia.
17. That scandal has ... the government.
We’ll have new elections soon.
18. The old song ... happy memories to her.
19. The outbreak of cholera has been ... by the recent floods.
20. The Prime Minister intends ... to major industrial reforms.