According to the investigation, the D-train accident resulted from the fact that the authorities concerned didn’t _________ enough importance to the safety of the signal equipment.

．—Did he _______ to escape being punished by the police? —No, he _______ to, but failed.

I wrote a letter of complaint, and the airline has promised to _____ the matter.

The noise _____ like a train going under my house.

 The General White_____ his army to attack the enemy secretly.