Verbos y preposiciones

1. Do you believe in ghosts? They were charged with receiving stolen goods. You haven’t complied with the regulations. For a week she lived on bananas and milk. It never occurred to me to insure the house. They persisted in defying the law. When arguments failed he resorted to threats. Do you feel like a drink/a meal/a rest? I don’t feel like walking there

[Un vasto número de combinaciones de verbo + preposiciones se tratan más adelante. Pero hay muchos otros verbos que pueden ser seguidos de preposiciones y algunos de ellos se listan abajo. Se pueden encontrar más en cualquier buen diccionario.

accuse sb of; apologize (to sb) for; apply to sb/for sth; ask for/about; attend to; beg for; believe in; beware of; blame sb for; charge sb with (an offence); compare sth with; comply with; conform to; consist of; deal in; depend on; dream of; fight with sb for; fine sb for; hope for; insist on; live on (food/money); long for; object to; occur to; persist in; prefer sb/sth to sb/sth; prepare for; punish sb for; quarrel with sb about; refer to; rely on; remind sb of; resort to; succeed in; suspect sb of; think of/about; wait for; warn sb of/about; wish for. The referee was booed by the crowd; The referee was booed for his decision / for awarding a penalty.

Notar también’ «feel like» + «nombre»/»pronombre» = «sentirse inclinado a tomar algo» («feel inclined to have something«) y ‘ «feel like» + «gerundio» = «feel inclined to do something.» Los verbos pasivos pueden, por supuesto, ir seguidos de ‘ «by» + «agente» ‘ ; pero también pueden ir seguidos de otras preposiciones.]