| Verbs with Prepositions
| Examples
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| to accuse smb of
| She accused him of lying.
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| to admit to
| Brian admitted to taking the money.
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| to aim at
| They are aiming at training everyone by the end of the year.
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| to apologize for
| Go and apologize for being so rude to your aunt.
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| to approve of
| Father doesn’t approve of me leaving school this year.
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| to believe in
| I don’t believe in hitting children.
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| to bother about
| Don’t bother yourself about making tea.
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| to burst out
| Karen burst out laughing.
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| to care for
| I don’t care for gardening.
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| to carry on
| He carried on peeling the potato.
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| to come of
| That comes of eating too much!
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| to come round to
| You will eventually come around to thinking about it.
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| to complain of
| She complained of being treated in a rude way.
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| to confess to
| I must confess to knowing nothing about computers.
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| to consist of (in)
| Most of the fieldwork consisted of making tape recordings.
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| to congratulate smb on
| You can congratulate yourself on having done an excellent job.
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| to count on
| We can’t count on this warm weather lasting long.
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| to decide against
| We decided against going to the beach in that weather.
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| to decide on
| He eventually decided on telling her.
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| to despair of
| They had almost despaired of ever having children.
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| to disapprove of
| He strongly disapproved of changing the plans.
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| to dream about (in one’s sleep)
| In her sleep she dreamt about becoming a famous singer.
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| to dream of (to think)
| I wouldn’t dream of going there without you.
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| to end in
| At first they hated each other, but they ended up getting married.
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| to forget about
| If I lose my job, we can forget about buying a new car.
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| to forgive smb for
| Forgive me for interrupting, but I really don’t agree with that.
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| to feel up to
| After the accident she didn’t feel up to driving.
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| to get around to
| I hope to get around to answering your letter next week.
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| to get down to
| It’s time I got down to thinking about this essay.
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| to give up
| You ought to give up riding at your age.
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| to go back to
| She decided to go back to teaching.
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| to grumble about
| Don’t grumble about being treated in that way. You deserved it.
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| to hesitate about
| I didn’t hesitate a moment about taking the job.
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| to insist on
| They insist on playing their music late at night.
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| to keep on
| Keep on walking until you go to the crossroads.
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| to leave off
| He left off playing the piano to answer the door.
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| to mean by
| What did she mean by leaving so early?
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| to object to
| I really object to being charged for parking.
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| to persist in
| Why do you persist in blaming yourself for what happened?
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| to plan on
| We hadn’t planned on going anywhere this evening.
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| to prevent from
| Nothing would prevent him from speaking against injustice.
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| to put off
| He keeps putting off going to the dentist.
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| to reckon on
| We reckoned on having good weather.
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| to refrain from
| He has refrained from criticising the government in public.
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| to resolve on
| We had resolved on making an early start.
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| to return to
| She looked up briefly and then returned to her sewing.
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| to result in (from)
| These policies resulted in many elderly and disabled people suffering hardship.
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| to save from
| They did their best to save her from injuring herself.
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| to set about
| We need to set about finding a solution. (=to start)
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| to stop (smb) from
| There is nothing to stop you from accepting the offer.
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| to succeed in
| He succeeded in getting a place in an art school.
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| to take to
| I’ve taken to waking up very early.
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| to suspect smb/smth of
| The drug is suspected of causing over 200 deaths.
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| to talk of
| Mary is talking of looking for another job.
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| to thank smb for
| She said goodbye and thanked us for coming.
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| to think of (about)
| I couldn’t think of letting you take the blame.
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| to threaten with
| He was threatened with being dismissed.
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| to warn against
| The guidebook warns against walking alone in this area at night.
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| to worry about
| Don’t worry about getting there late.
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