1.名词宾语通常位于这种短语动词之末.例如:
I am looking for my glasses.
2.个别短语动词,其名词宾语必须放在动词和副词之间,不能放在短语动词之后.例如:
I am going to see the guests off at the airport this afternoon.
3.对有些短语动词来说,名词宾语既可放在整个短语动词后面,也可放在动词和介词或副词之间.例如:
We'll have to put off the party.或者We'll have to put the party off.
4.代词宾语有时位于短语动词的词尾.例如:
I am looking into it.
5.代词宾语更常紧跟在动词之后,代词宾语的这个位置常见于下列介词或副词之前:away,down,in,off,out,up.