Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 61 стр.

the girl Megan would come and ask if he wanted anything, and he
would smile and say: «Nothing, thanks» (Galsworthy). I used to see you
looking at the flowers and trees, and those ducks (Galsworthy).
      Notice the combination of the verb to come with the infinitive
in which the verb to come imparts perfective meaning to the action
expressed by the infinitive:
      Soon after my mother’s death, I came to know you (Gaskell)
(came to know = óçíàëà). At last the kettle came to boil (Dickens)
(came to boil = çàêèïåë). In a number of cases it is difficult to draw a
hard and fast line of demarcation between the function of the infini-
tive as an object and that of a part of a compound verbal predicate.
      4. As object. The objective infinitive is primarily used in this
function, sometimes the subjective.
      a) The objective infinitive is used as object to verbs expressing
order, request, permission, etc. such as: to order, to bid, to beg, to ask, to
implore, to allow, to permit, to help, to assist, to persuade, to advise, etc.
      These verbs have usually two objects: a noun or pronoun (the first
object) and an infinitive (the second object) (He helped me to do the work).
      I begged and prayed my aunt... to befriend and protect me for my
father’s sake (Dickens). She taught him to sit up at table and not put his
elbows on it (Maugham). ...Florence entreated him to take her to some
neighbouring shop... (Diñkens). You will allow me to see you again...?
(Dickens). She begged to be excused from having any dinner (Maxwell).
      b) The subjective infinitive is used as object to verbs expressing
mental perceptions and emotions such as: to forget, to remember, to
learn, to prefer, to promise, to love, to like, to hate, etc.:
      Also after can’t bear which is emotionally coloured (I can’t
bear to see her cry = the sight of tears gives me pain):
      He liked to imagine this... (Dickens). It was Saturday forenoon
and she had promised to take Florrie with her when she set out to do
her shopping (Cronin). ...He could not bear to hurt a fly (Maugham).
      Note. — To like in the meaning of «to want» forms a compound
verbal predicate with the infinitive that follows it:
      Would you like to meet Michael, Jon, and see my infant? (Galswor-
thy). In emphatic speech to love may be used with the same meaning:
      If he wouldn’t mind. I should love to come (Maxwell).
      c) The infinitive (subjective infinitive) may be used as object to
some adjectives and adjectivized participles such as: happy,glad,pleased,
delighted, sorry, afraid, etc.:

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