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?