decide

transitive + to-clause

Dick decided to phone Jane.

try

transitive + to-clause

Dick tried to phone Jane.

want

transitive + to-clause

Dick wanted to phone Jane.

agree

transitive + that-clause

Dick agreed that it was the right thing to do.

feel

transitive + that-clause

Dick felt that it was the right thing to do.

know

transitive + that-clause

Dick knew that it was the right thing to do.

realize

transitive + that-clause

Dick realized that it was the right thing to do.

think

transitive + that-clause

Dick thought that it was the right thing to do.

prove

transitive + that-clause

Dick proved that Harry had not stolen the money.

stop

transitive + ing-clause

Dick stopped talking to Jane.

keep on

phrasal-transitive + ing-clause

Dick kept on having lunch with Jane.

ask [someone] to

ditransitive + to-clause

Dick asked Jane to have supper with him.

tempted to

participial adjective + to clause

Sam was tempted to introduce Jill to Jennifer.

involved in

participial adjective + noun phrase

Sam is involved a lot of criminal activites.

sure

adjective + that-clause

Sam is sure that the police are following him.

urge

noun + to-clause

Sam suddenly felt an urge to kiss Jill.

get home

intransitive phrasal verb

Jill got home at 4:00 a.m.

go through

prepositional verb

Jill went through some terrible things last year.

go to

prepositional verb

Sam and Jill went to Harry’s party together.

look for

prepositional verb

Sam told Jill that Jack was looking for her.

work on

prepositional verb

Jack told Sam he had been working on the report twelve hours a day.

teach [person] about

ditransitive prepositional verb

Jack has been teaching his students about the dangers of drugs.

come out of

phrasal-prepositional verb

It was nearly noon before Jill came out of the bedroom.

less and less

phrasal determiner

Recently Jack has been spending less and less time with Jill.

as [adjective] as

phrasal conjunction

Jack finished the report as quickly as he could.

as soon as

phrasal conjunction

As soon as he finished the report, Jack phoned Sam.

right away

phrasal adverbial

When Jack phoned, Sam asked him to send him the report right away.

a price to pay

noun phrase

Jill had always known there was a price to pay for the way she was behaving.

lose hope

multi-word verb (no particle)

At first, Jill thought Jack would leave his wife, but slowly she lost hope.