1.You must apologize to your parents for being so rude.
2.Can you forgive me for giving you so much trouble?
3.Mary, I reminded John of his promise to help you.
4.The prison authorities permit visiting (visit) him only once a month.
5.Benjamin Franklin set about learning (learn) the printer's trade at an early age.
6.In a word, it is time for us to improve the safety of school buses.
7.It is obvious to everybody that the only way to achieve one's goal is to work hard.
8.Living (live) miles away, he attended the course.
9.She couldn't make herself heard (hear) because of the traffic noise.
10.Jack had something more important to do; as a result, he couldn't turn up this evening.