Tham khảo tài liệu 'oxford guide to english grammar part 46', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | PAGE 309 233 Prepositional verbs Youjust can t live on 80 a week. I objected to being kept waiting. An idea has just occurred to me. He hates parting with his money. Seventy countries participated in the Games. The man pointed at to a sign. I ran into bumped intoAlexyesterday. metbychance What does this number refer to Please refrain from smoking. The professor is researching into tropical diseases. You can t rely on count on the bus being on time. If all else fails people will resort to violence. I m revising for preparing for my exam. I ll have to see to attend to the arrangements. We had to sendfor the doctor. What does BBC standfor Let s stick to our original plan. Simon succeeded in starting the car. Tim suffers from back-ache. The girl takes after her mother. is like You ll have to wait for the results. You couldn t wishfor anything nicer. For prepositional verb gerund . insisted on playing 132 2 . NOTE Sometimes the choice of preposition depends on the meaning. a Yes you re right. I quite agree with you. We all agreed to with the suggestion. b The doctor is going to call on Mrs Phillips to see how she is. Tony is giving me a lift. He s going to call for me at ten. The United Nations has called for a cease-fire. demanded c I don t care about the exam. It isn t important. Ben doesn t carefor modern art. like Someone has to care for the sick. look after d I m sure Helen can deal with the situation. handle The company deals in commercial properties. buys and sells e People are dying of hunger. I was dying for longing for a coffee. want very much f Poor management resulted in huge losses. The huge losses resulted from poor management. 3 We can use about of and to with some verbs expressing speech or thought. a About can come after many verbs. We were talking about house prices. They complained about the noise. Someone was enquiring about reservations. NOTE a Compare ask about askfor and ask after. We asked about cheap tickets. Please tell us . We asked for .
