Please excuse me _______ your letter by mistake.
In Disneyland, every year, some 800,000 plants are replaced because Disney refused to ________ signs asking his “guests”not to step on them.
When a fire ______ at the National Exhibition in London, at least ten priceless paintings were completely destroyed.
The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally _______ because of the bad weather.
The store had to ________ a number of clerks because sales were down.
When he realized the police had spotted him, the man _______ the exit as quickly as possible.