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Remember some of the verb+preposition combinations:
| accuse smb of smth |
insist on |
| apologize (to smb) for smth |
live on (food, money) |
| apply to smb for smth |
long for |
| ask for/about |
object to |
| attend to |
occur to |
| beg for |
persist in |
| believe in |
prefer smb/smth to smb/smth |
| beware of |
prepare for |
| blame smb for smth |
punish smb for |
| charge smb with (an offense) |
quarrel with smb about |
| compare smth with |
refer to |
| comply with |
rely on |
| comform to |
remind smb of |
| consist of |
resort to |
| deal in |
succeed in |
| depend on |
suspect smb of smth |
| dream of |
think of/about |
| fight with smb for |
wait for |
| fine smb for |
warn smb of/about smth |
| hope for |
wish for |
Examples:
I don't believe in ghosts.
He was chardge with kidnapping a little boy.
They haven't complied with the regulations.
We lived on bread and water for two weeks.
It never occur to me to insure my house.
They persisted in defying the law.
When arguments failed he resorted to threats.
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