 Verb and preposition collocations The following is a list of verbs and prepositions which commonly appear together. Accus someone of doing something Add something to something else Admire someone for doing something Agree on topic Agree with someone Apologize to someone for doing something Lie to a place for something Approve of something Argue with someone about topic Arrive at a building, room, site, event Arrive in a city, country Ask someone about someone or a topic Ask someone for something Believe in something Belong to someone Blame someone for doing something Borrow something from someone Care about someone Care about something Care about topic Comment on topic Compare something to or with something else Complain to someone about something Concentrate on doing something Congratulate someone for doing something Consist of some things Consent to doing something Contribute to something Count on someone to do something Cover something with something else Decide on topic Depend on someone for something Discuss something with someone Distinguish something from something else Dream about someone or something Dream of someone or something Dream about or of someone or something Escape from somewhere Explain topic to someone Excuse someone for doing something Forgive someone for doing something Get rid of something Graduate from a place Happen to someone Help someone with something Hide something from someone Insist upon something Introduce someone to someone else Invite someone to an event Keep something for someone Matter to someone Object to something Participate in something Pay price for something Pray for someone or something Prefer something to something else Prevent someone from doing something Prohibit someone from doing something Protect someone from something Provide someone with something Recover from something. Rely upon someone or something. Remind someone of something. Rescue someone from something. Respond to someone or something. Save someone from something. Search for something. Separate something from something else. Scold someone for doing something. Smile at someone for doing something. Speak to or with someone about topic. Stare at something or someone. Stop someone from doing something. Subscribe to something. Substitute something or someone or something else or someone else. Subtract something from something else. Succeed in doing something. Suffer from something. Take advantage of someone or something or situation. Take care of something or someone. Talk to or with someone about topic. Thank someone for doing something. Travel to somewhere. Vote for someone. Vouch for someone. Wait for someone or something. Wish for something. Work for a company or something or someone.