Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 76 стр.

       Avoid making mistakes. They postponed giving a definite answer.
Don’t put off preparing your lessons. Excuse my interrupting you.
This bookshelf needs mending.
       I delayed breaking the news... even to George... (Snow). «Fancy
having to go back to-night,» said Marion (Snow). ...The house wanted
painting (Galsworthy). «You won’t mind carrying my bag?» Adam
lightly asked me... (Cronin).
       b) To the adjectives like, busy and worth:
       It seems like years since anyone made me feel like laughing
(Wilson). We... saw all the plays that were worth seeing (Dickens).
...Ada was busy writing... (Dickens).
       c) To verbs which may be associated with both the gerund and
the infinitive, such as to neglect, to omit, to like, to dislike, to hate, to
detest, to prefer, to enjoy, to regret, to remember, to forget, to propose.
       Also with can’t bear, can’t afford:
       She likes sitting (or to sit) in the sun. I hate being bothered (or
to be bothered) with silly questions. I regret having said (or to have
said) all this to her. She preferred staying (or to stay) at home on
such a wet day. He proposed starting (or to start) at daybreak. She
neglected tidying (or to tidy) her room. I forget doing it (= that.1 did
it). I forget to do it (= that I must do it). I remember going there (=
that I went there). 1 remember to go there (= that 1 must go there).
I hate being idle (or to be idle). I dislike wasting (or to waste) time on
trifles. I can’t bear seeing (or to see) the child cry. «I remember,
gentlemen» said Mr. Pell, «dining with him on one occasion» (Dickens).
I greatly dislike being contradicted (Shaw). She couldn’t bear being read
to any longer. (Shaw). ...She enjoyed sitting in the sun... (Harraden).
       5. As prepositional object:
       a) To such verbs as to think (of...), to persist (in...), to rely (on...),
to depend (on...), to object (to...), to thank (for...), to prevent (from...), to
insist (on...), to succeed (in...), to devote (to...), to assist (in...):
       Our work is devoted to building Communism in our country.
I begin to pride myself on knowing every road and lane, every bridle
path and foot-way for mile? about (Gissing) They talked of going
somewhere else afterwards... (Dreiser). I invited him to my room, but
he made an excuse for going home (Snîw).
       b) To such adjectives and participles II (used mostly predicatively)
as fond (of...), tired (of...), proud (of...), ignorant (of...), used (to...):


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