Verb + For: 27 Common Combinations with FOR

Verb + For Combinations! List of common verb preposition combinations with for with ESL picture and example sentences in English.

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Verb + For Collocation Examples

List of Combinations with FOR

• Account for
• Admire for
• Allow for
• Apologize for
• Ask for
• Be for
• Blame for
• Care for
• Charge for
• Congratulate for
• Count for
• Earmark for
• Excuse for
• Forgive for
• Keep for
• Pay for
• Pray for
• Prepare for
• Scold for
• Search for
• Substitute for
• Thank for
• Vote for
• Vouch for
• Wait for
• Wish for
• Work for

Combinations with For with Example Sentences

Account for

• That accounts for his success.

Admire for

• I really admire you for your courage.

Allow for

• I think you need to allow for misunderstandings.

Apologize for

• I want to apologize for my mistakes.

Ask for

• I always ask for extra tomato sauce on my pizza.

Be for

• I‘m for Mayor Martini.

Blame for

• I blame Janet for the broken pottery.

Care for

• He doesn’t care for playing golf.

Charge for

• The accountant charged him $400 for his advice.

Congratulate for

• All three are to be congratulated for doing so well.

Count for

• Your good marks count for 50% of your grade.

Earmark for

• Congress earmarked $6 million for safety improvements.

Excuse for

• I can’t excuse myself for not doing it.

Forgive for

• He never forgave himself for harming her.

Keep for

• Would you keep my dog for me?

Pay for

• Let me pay for Tom.

Pray for

• I’ll pray for you.

Prepare for

• A hotel room is being prepared for them.

Scold for

• Rose scolded the child gently for her bad behavior.

Search for

• Anan searched for a parking place.

Substitute for

• Margarine can be substituted for butter in this recipe.

Thank for

• She said goodbye and thanked us for coming.

Vote for

• There were 21 votes for and 17 against the motion, with 2 abstentions.

Vouch for

• I can vouch for her ability to work hard.

Wait for

• Wait for me!

Wish for

• She shut her eyes and wished for him to get better.

Work for

• He works for an engineering company.

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Verb Preposition Examples

Learn useful list of common verb & preposition combinations in English.

• Verb + Preposition ABOUT
• Verb + Preposition ON
• Verb + Preposition TO
• Verb + Preposition FOR
• Verb + Preposition WITH
• Verb + Preposition FROM
• Verb + Preposition IN

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Last Updated on April 3, 2020