Cost/take + object can also be used instead of link verbs.
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It would cost millions/take years to rebuild this castle.
Perfect infinitive can be used as a subject of a sentence.
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To have made the same mistake twice was unforgivable.
Infinitive can be used as an object or complement of the verb.
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I agreed to pay.
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She refused to come.
The verbs which can be followed directly by the infinitive:
** agree, arrange, ask, claim, decide, demand, determine, be determined, resolve.
* appear, forget, guarantee, happen, learn, pretend, promise, prove, remember, seem, swear, threaten.
aim, attempt, bother, care, choose, condescend, consent, declaim, endeavour, fail, hesitate, hope, long,
manage, neglect, offer, plan, prepare, be prepared, proceed, refuse, tend, trouble, pray, undertake,
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