Complete with the correct preposition:

01. The lookout saw that the Titanic was bearing ....................... on the iceberg. Collision threatened.

02. Who can be indifferent ....................... the glory that was Rome?

03. As far as his opponents are concerned, a dictator is likely to take the law ....................... his own hands.

04. The shortage took us ....................... surprise and we had no time to arrange alternative supplies.

05. The government can find no painless way to hold inflation ....................... check.

06. While the sales director was on holiday, the sales office got ....................... a real mess.

07. I had to resign. I couldn't get ....................... with the boss.

08. The injured man was done ....................... He was going to die.

09. In the warm spring sunshine, the plants came ....................... quickly. (= grew, developed).

10. The publisher threw a big party when the author's new book came .......................

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