① Though he entreated me earnestly, I thought it wise to give him a flat refusal.

② The distance of the stars are so great that astronomers have found it too inconvenient to speak of them even in millions of kilometres.

③ I was carried downstairs on a stretcher; my mother considered it out of the question for me to walk.

④ Don’t you find it very unpleasant walking in the rain?

⑤ She thought it little use trying to look younger than she was.

⑥ The newspapers have it that the firm is almost bankrupt.

⑦ You may depend upon it that she will consent.

⑧ I will see to it that everything is ready for your departure.