The Complex Object
  | Subject
 |  Predicate
 |  Object
 |   
 |     | noun or pronoun
 in the objective case
 |  (to)* + infinitive
 |     | I/you/we/they
 |  expect/don’t expect
 |  me/you/him/
 her/us/them
 |  to repair the car.
 |     | he/she/it
 |  expects/doesn’t expect
 |        
 *Remember: to is never used after let, make, see, hear, feel, watch, notice, observe in the Active Voice: e.g. We watched the engineer make a hologram. Then he let us experiment with a laser. 
 The Complex Object is used after the main verbs denoting: 
   
   | wish
 |  mental activity
 |  sense perception
 |  awareness
 |  inducement
 |     | to want
 to wish
 to desire
 need
 I would like
 (= I’d like)
 |  to suppose
 to expect
 to consider
 to assume
 to prove
 to believe
 to understand
 to think
 to find
  
 |  to see
 to hear
 to feel
 to watch
 to notice
 to observe
 |  to know
 to find
 to note
 to claim
 to state
 to declare
 to pronounce
 to announce
 to report
 |  to make
 to cause
 to force
 to let
 to allow
 to permit
 to enable
 to ask
 to tell
 to order
 to command
 |      For example: 
 · We would like you to test the device. 
 · I consider him to be a professional in his field. 
 · She found the carburetor to be blocked. 
 · The engineer told us to stop the experiment. 
 · The teacher makes us study hard. 
 · He heard the engine start after a loud click. 
 Remember: The Infinitive in the Complex Object is often used in the Passive Voice but it is translated into Russian in the Active Voice and is placed before the noun. 
 For example: 
 · The engineer allowed the technology to be used. - Инженер разрешил использовать эту технологию 
   
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