Verb noun

'advise against doing stg advice against

agree about stg agreement about

'agree to a proposal agreement to

agree with sby agreement with

aim at/for a target aim at/for

apologize to sby for stg apology to sby

'apply to sby for stg application to

"approve of sby/stg approval of

arrive at/in [> 8.9.3] arrival at/in
"ask for sby/stg
become of sby
begin with stg/by doing

believe in sby/stg belief in sby/stg
belong to sby/stg
"borrow from sby

choose between choice between

confess to sby/to stg confession to
"deal with sby/a problem

'depend on sby/stg dependence on

differ from sby/stg difference from/to

dream about/of (doing) dream of

emerge from a place emergence from

fail in an exam failure in

"guess at the truth guess at

identify with sby identification with

insist on (doing) stg insistence on

knock at the door knock at

'know of/about knowledge of

'laugh at/about sby/stg laughter at stg
'listen to sby/stg
'look after sby/stg
"look at sby/stg
look for sby/stg

meet with sby (AmE) meeting with

"object to sby/stg objection to

"pay for sby/stg pay(ment) for
quarrel with sby/about stg quarrel with/about
"read about stg
reason with sby

'refer to sby/stg reference to

'rely on sby/stg reliance on

"reply to sby reply to sby

"report on sby/stg to sby report on

resign from a job resignation from

retire from one's job retirement from

'search for sby/stg search for

(it) smell of stg smell of stg

succeed in (doing) stg success in (doing)
suffer from an illness

"talk to sby about stg talk to sby about

(it) taste of stg taste of stg

trade with sby/in stg trade in stg

trust in sby/stg trust in sby/stg

'vote for/against sby/stg vote for/against

wait for sby/stg (long) wait for

"wish for wish for

'write to sby/about stg

Appendix 29 - 30

Appendix 29 [> 1.9, 4.29,8.20, 8.27,

16.53-54]

Type 1 [8.27.3]. Verb + object + preposition

Transitive (non-idiomatic)

Related nouns + most common prepositions

Nouns can be formed with -ing [> 2 16 5 16 39 1] A prepositional phrase is not always obligatory after the object Nouns can be followed by of (= belonging to) All these verbs (not absent oneself) can be used in the passive

Key sby = somebody, stg = something