---Mind if I play a record now? ---______________.
It was very __________ of you to let us know you were going to be late.
What made me sad was that she __________ not to see me when I said hello to her.
Is it just a(n) _________ that the wife of the man who ran the competition won the first prize?
I could not find out from Jim whether he wants to come or not; he would not __________ himself.
It’s useless trying to _________ her that she doesn’t need to lose any weight.