[A] He admitted taking the money; Avoid over-eating; Would you consider selling the property?; He detests writing letters; She dreads getting old; Do you enjoy teaching?; He narrowly escaped being run over; Fancy meeting you! ; Putting in a new window will involve cutting away part of the roof; He kept on complaining; He didn’t want to risk getting wet; If we buy plenty of food now it will save shopping later in the week; I can’t understand his/him leaving his wife; I couldn’t help laughing; It’s no good/use arguing; Is there anything here worth buying?
[Los más importantes son: «admit*,» «anticipate*,» «appreciate,» «avoid,» «consider*,» «defer,» «delay,» «deny*,» «detest,» «dislike,» «dread,» «enjoy,» «escape,» «excuse,» «fancy*» (= imagine), «finish,» «forgive,» «imagine*,» «involve,» «keep» (= continue), «loathe,» «mean*» (= involve), «mind» (= object), «miss,» «pardon,» «postpone,» «practise,» «prevent,» «propose*» (= suggest), «recollect*,» «remember*» (= recollect), «resent,» «resist,» «risk,» «save (sb the trouble of),» «stop» (= cease), «suggest*,» «understand*» El gerundio se usa también después de las expresiones «can’t stand (= endure),» «can’t help (= prevent/avoid),» «it’s no use/good» y después del adjetivo «worth.»Los verbos marcados con asterisco (*) pueden también tomar that-clauses. mean/propose (= intend) toman el infinitivo. dread + infinitivo se usa en «dread to think.»]