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adjective phrases
opposed to + ["ing" clause]
Jill was strongly opposed to moving the office to the suburbs.
afraid of + ["ing"- clause]
Jack was afraid of sleeping in, so he asked Harry to phone him at six o'clock
unwilling + ["to"-infinitive clause]
Even after the story had been published in the newspaper, Harry was unwilling to admit he had done anything wrong.
clausal verbs
be against
Jane has always been against the war.
go to war
When the US went to war against Iraq, Harry wrote a letter to the president.
commit a crime
Tom angrily told Sam that if he committed a crime, he would soon be in jail.
release [someone] on bail
Harry spent a week in jail before he went to court and was released on bail.
call [someone] in for questioning
Because of what her neighbours had told them, the police called Sarah in for questioning.
ask [someone] a question about [something]
When Tom interviewed Dinah, he asked her a lot of quesitons about her past.
spend ["time" (or "time-phrase")]
Sam thinks he has been spending too much time in front of his computer recently.
Sam spent eighteen hours in front of his computer yesterday.
drop all charges against [someone]
As soon as they received the laboratory report, the police dropped all charges against Dinah
ditransitive prepositional verbs
persuade [someone]+ "to"-infinitive clause
Harry persuaded Jill to stay overnight.
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join [someone] in + ["ing"-clause]
Sarah decided to join the others in congratulating Harry and Jill.
charge [someone] with [a crime]
The next morning Harry told Tom that the police had arrested him and charged him with drunken driving.
stop [someone] from + ["ing"-clause]
Sarah stopped Harry from writing another letter to Jane.
force [someone] + ["to"-clause]
Tom, Dick, and Harry forced Jack to leave the company.
intransitive phrasal verb
grow up
Jane grew up in Canada, but she moved to India when she graduated from university.
prepositional verb
spy (on) [someone]
Harry didn't want to spy on his neighbours.
get [someone] ["to"- infinitive]
Sarah got Sam to help her with her computer.
set prepositional phrases
at that time
Jack arrived in Brazil in 1991. At that time, Jill was still a student.
in jail
While she was in jail, Dinah spent a lot of time thinking about the mistakes she had made.
in the eyes of [someone]
In the eyes of his friends, Harry was a hero even though he was in jail.
transitive phrasal verb (separable)
take over
Jane spent all morning answering phone calls from students. When she went for lunch, Harry took the job over.
transitive prepositional verb
spy on [someone]
Harry didn't want to spy on his neighbours.
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