It is only when you nearly lose someone ____________ you fully realize how much you value him.
The boy talked his mother _____ buying him a home computer.
We have been looking at houses, but haven’t found _____ we like yet.
When I was younger, I’d often go for _____ drive with some friends, purely for _____ enjoyment of it.
--- Is Tom still smoking?--- No. By next Saturday he _____ for a whole month without smoking a single cigarette.
In dealing with public relations, we should make every effort to prevent the _____ in personality.