Sure, let's complete the exercises:

**Fill in the correct phrase:**

1. I hate being able to say **I told you so** but I'm afraid I've been warning you about this for some time.
2. If we are going to be successful, we need to go that extra mile, **once and for all**.
3. The door opened **of its own accord** even though the car was locked.
4. I know she meant well but it was the wrong thing to do **in no uncertain terms**.
5. The recording of their new song has been put **on hold** until they find a new drummer.
6. **Come to think of it**, nobody does look good first thing in the morning.
7. His positioning needs to improve, but **all things considered**, he's been a very impressive player this year.
8. She had also decided that, **in a sense**, her student life was a waste of time.
9. A universal health care plan would solve the country's health care problems, **in all probability**.
10. I hate discussing the lives of celebrities with people **in a sense** it's totally boring.
11. At our destination I was told **in no uncertain terms** that I could not proceed as the road south was blocked.
12. That is not going to work here. And you can **take it from me** over twenty years.
13. He was told that **on no account** could he change it after purchase.
14. I was **all set** to go to London on the train. I had my ticket, a packed lunch and a good book.
15. The popularity of chess has fluctuated, and **in all probability** will continue to do so.

**Prepositions:**

1. You have no choice **in** the matter. You have to do what he says.
2. This opinion is consistent **with** our report to the committee.
3. We need to launch the product **at** the target price in order to meet our profit margins.
4. The board was agreeable **to** the proposal.
5. If the hiring process is confined **to** graduates, that significantly narrows down the people you can hire.
6. I was apprehensive **about** how I would apply what I had learned at university to the work required **of** me at the bank.
7. The employee showed total disregard **for** the company rules and was dismissed.
8. Michael was delighted **with** his promotion **to** office manager.
9. The board **of** directors is meeting today to appoint a replacement **for** the retiring chairman.
10. During the course **of** her work duties, she sustained an injury and was able to secure £100,000 **in** compensation **for** loss of earnings.

**Collocations:**

1. We come to a/an agreement/compromise/decision/**refusal**.
2. You offer/submit/tender/**apply** a resignation.
3. It was a case of unfair/faulty/unlawful/**wrongful** dismissal.
4. They rent/employ/hire/**use** cheap labour.
5. There was a/an bitter/heated/sour/**acrimonious** dispute.
6. She managed to earn/meet/**clinch/get** a promotion.
7. This is a well-paid/low-rise/**rewarding/demanding** job.
8. This is a/an **entry-level/tedious/tight/stressful** job.
9. He was offered/found/caught/**landed** a job.
10. We manage to **make/earn/rub/scrape** a living.
11. He only does the bottom/**very/bare/absolute** minimum at work.