Did you find out who any of them are and gain their confidence?
"A lot of things we need to do to gain their confidence we're simply not doing."
She didn't want to think what it would take to gain his confidence.
"We needed to gain the confidence of the financial system."
Only this can help to gain the confidence of people.
We'll have to gain his confidence, and that's going to take a while.
He also gained confidence to face problems that will come in his life.
To win her and take control of his life, he must gain the confidence to make contact with another human being.
They don't understand, but you have to talk to animals, gain their confidence.
I learned quickly, but it took my mother all summer to gain confidence and lose her fear.