К сожаленью, определенных правил употребления предлогов в глаголом нет, поэтому связка глагол + предлог необходимо запомнить. Ниже приведен список некоторых наиболее потребляемых предлогов с глаголами. К каждой связке приводится пример употребления.

• accuse someone of something
  "He accused her of stealing."
• agree with someone / something
  "I agree with you - you are absolutely right."
• agree to do something
  "She agreed to wait for him."
• agree on something
  "We've agreed on all the major points."
• apply for
  "I'm going to apply for a new job."
• apologise for something
  "She apologised for being late."
• ask someone to do something
  "She asked him to do the shopping for her."
• ask someone for something
  "She asked her boss for a day off."
• believe in
  "I believe in hard work."
• belong to
  "This pen belongs to me."
• blame someone for doing something
  "He blamed her for driving too fast."
• blame something on someone
  "He blamed the accident on her."
• borrow something from someone
  "He borrowed some money from the bank."
• care about something
  "I don't care about money."
• care for someone
  "She really cares for her grandmother."
• take care of something / someone
  "Please take care of yourself on holiday."
• complain to someone (about something)
  "He complained to her about the food."
• concentrate on something
  "The student concentrated on her homework."
• congratulate someone on doing something
  "He congratulated her on passing her exam."
• consist of something
  "The department consists of five people."
• depend on someone
  "She depended on her friends for support."
• explain something to someone
  "She explained the new system to them."
• listen to someone
  "The students listened to their teacher."
• look at something
  "Look at that view - it's wonderful."
• look for something / someone
  "Will you help me look for my book?"
• look after someone
  "I need to look after my mother - she's ill."
• pay someone for something
  "Can you pay me for the shopping later?"
• prefer someone / something to someone
  "I prefer coffee to tea."
• protect someone from something
  "A scarf will protect you from the cold."
• provide someone with something
  "They provide families with housing."
• regard someone as
  "She regarded her sister as her best friend."
• rely on someone / something
  "Can I rely on you to get the shopping?"
• search for someone / something
  "The police searched the building for bombs."
• spend money / time on
  "I spent all my money on books as a student."
• think about someone / something
  "I think about you all the time."
• think about / of doing something
  "I'm thinking about / of buying a new car."
• think of something
  "I've just thought of a new idea."
  "What do you think of the new magazine?"
• translate from something into something else
  "Don't translate from English into French."
• wait for someone
  "I waited an hour for him, then went home."
• warn someone about
  "The doctor warned her about smoking."