Dennis Le Boeuf and Liming Jing. See their list for more details and examples.
afraid of
angry with a person for doing something
angry at or about something
apologize to somebody for something
apply for a position
argue about something
arrive at or in
bad at
because of
compare to (two unlike things)
compare with (two like things)
congratulate/congratulations on something
convenient for (suitable)
convenient to (near at hand)
depend/dependent on
different from/than (From is preferred; than is acceptable in informal English)
disappointed with somebody
disappointed with/at/about something
discuss something (no preposition)
discussion about
divide into
dream of (think of, imagine)
dream about/of (while asleep)
dressed in
drive into
enter a place (no preposition)
enter into an agreement, a dialog, a discussion, etc.
example of
explain something to somebody
get in/into (or get out of) a car, taxi, or small boat
get on/onto (or get off) a train, plane, bus, ship, bike
good at
impressed with/by
increase in activity, output, etc.
independent/independence from (freedom from control by another country or organization)
independent of (able to make decisions and live your life free from the control or influence of
instead of + noun/adverb/adjective (in place of)other people)
insist on
interest/interested in
kind to
lack of
lack (v.) (no preposition)
be lacking in
laugh at
laugh about
listen to
look at (point one's eyes at)
look after (=take care of)
look for (=try to find)
marriage to; get/be married to
marry somebody (no preposition)
nice to
operate on a patient
pleased with somebody
pleased with/about something
polite to
prevent . . . from + -ing form
proof of
reason for
remind someone of
remind someone about
responsible for (doing) something
responsible to somebody (= answerable)
rude to
search (no preposition) (= look through; look everywhere in/on)
search for (= look for)
shocked at/by
shout at (aggressive)
shout to (= call to)
smile at
sorry about something that has happened
sorry about/for something that one has done
sorry for a person
speak to/with (talk to someone about something)
suffer from
surprised at/by
take part in
(be) thinking of (You have a plan, but you're not sure about it; you are thinking of doing it)
(be) thinking about (If you are thinking about something, it is happening in your mind at this
throw . . . at (aggressive)
throw . . . to (in a game, etc.)
translate into
typical of
wait for somebody/something
wrong with
(be) thinking about (If you are thinking about something, it is happening in your mind at this
moment.)
the thought of[Think of and Think about are phrasal verbs]
throw . . . at (aggressive)
throw . . . to (in a game, etc.)
translate into
typical of
wait for somebody/something
wrong with
