Verbs+Prepositions Collocations
List of prepositions with verbs in English.
Verb + FOR Collocations
List of common verb & preposition collocations with FOR.
Account for
Admire for
Allow for
Apologize for
Ask for
Be for
Blame for
Care for
Charge for
Congratulate for
Count for
Earmark for
Excuse for
Forgive for
Keep for
Pay for
Pray for
Prepare for
Scold for
Search for
Substitute for
Thank for
Vote for
Vouch for
Wait for
Wish for
Work for
Verb + TO Collocations
List of common verb & preposition collocations with TO.
Add to
Admit to
Answer to
Apologize to
Appeal to
Apply oneself to
Ask to
Attend to
Attribute to
Be resigned to
Belong to
Commit to
Complain to
Confess to
Consent to
Contribute to
Devote to
Explain to
Happen to
Introduce to
Invite to
Lend to
Listen to
Look forward to
Matter to
Object to
Pray to
Prefer to
React to
Refer to
Resort to
Respond to
See to
Speak to
Subject to
Subscribe to
Talk to
Travel to
Compare to
List of common verb & preposition collocations with ON.
Agree on
Base on
Be on
Blame on
Comment on
Concentrate on
Congratulate on
Count on
Depend on
Elaborate on
Impose on
Insist on
Play on
Pride on
Rely on
Work on
Verb + ABOUT Collocations
List of common verb & preposition collocations with ABOUT.
Ask about
Concern about
Argue about
Be about
Boast about
Care about
Decide about
Dream about
Forget about
Know about
Laugh about
Protest about
Think about
Worry about
Verb + WITH Collocations
List of essential verb & preposition collocations with WITH.
Acquaint with
Agree with
Associate with
Charge with
Clutter with
Coincide with
Collide with
Compare with
Comply with
Confront with
Confuse with
Cover with
Cram with
Deal with
Discuss with
Help with
Ingratiate oneself with
Meet with
Pack with
Plead with
Provide with
Speak with
Talk with
Tamper with
Trust with
Verb + FROM Collocations
List of useful verb & preposition collocations with FROM.
Bar from
Benefit from
Borrow from
Derive from
Deter from
Differ from
Distinguish from
Distract from
Choose from
Come from
Escape from
Exempt from
Expel from
Emerge from
Expect from
Forbid from
Graduate from
Hear from
Hide from
Prevent from
Prohibit from
Protect from
Recover from
Refrain from
Rescue from
Resign from
Rest from
Result from
Save from
Separate from
Stem from
Stop from
Subtract from
Suffer from
Verb + IN Collocations
List of useful verb & preposition collocations with IN.
Arrive in
Absorb in
Be engrossed in
Believe in
Confide in
Implicate in
Involve in
Participate in
Result in
Specialize in
Succeed in
Trust in
Verb + OF Collocations
List of verb & preposition collocations with OF.
Accuse of
Approve of
Consist of
Convict of
Get rid of
Remind of
Suspect of
Take advantage of
Take care of
Verb + AT Collocations
List of verb & preposition collocations with AT.
Work at
Arrive at
Glance at
Guess at
Hint at
Marvel at
Smile at
Stare at
Verb and Preposition Collocation Example Sentences
Verb and preposition collocation examples in sentences.
We depend on our customers’ suggestions.
I like to pride myself on my ability to concentrate.
She had to apologized to the whole family.
Professor Samson attributes this painting to Leonardo.
She committed herself to finding a new job.
Please contribute to the fund for the needy.
Something awful happened to your car.
She listens to the radio in the car.
I object to your opinion.
He reacted poorly to the news.
He doesn’t care for playing golf.
I can’t excuse myself for not doing it.
Let me pay for Tom.
A hotel room is being prepared for them.
She said goodbye and thanked us for coming.
She shut her eyes and wished for him to get better.
My birthday coincides with a national holiday.
He complies with each and every order.
My closed is crammed with dirty clothes!
The congressman met with strong opposition to his plan.
It was hard to distinguish one twin from the other.
The swimmer emerged from the lake.
I got a letter today. I finally heard from him.
I hope that this will result in the police finding your car.
Can I trust in the figures in this report?
