Object

• time: But the great majority claimed that they did not begrudge the time spent in this way.

• anyone: Not that I begrudge anyone - far from it, just you ask Vera Snodging.

• people: Its sad, but we do not begrudge people who rip where they did not sow.

• minute: What's the point, if you begrudge every minute?

Used with why or when

• what: I don't begrudge what they might give you, however big the portion.

Present participle complement

• pay: Does she not realize people begrudge paying for something they do not want?

• give: Commitment Would you begrudge giving the extra care and time your mom and her kittens will need?

• spend: Not that I begrudge spending the money, I just don't think I'm getting any value for it.

Modifying Another Word

• n't: Then, even I wo n't begrudge them a small drink for a day's work well done!

• never: I would never begrudge a musician commercial success - it doesn't make her any less of a musician.

• not: We do not begrudge the three mile road to the highway.

• hardly: Anyway, you can hardly begrudge this when you consider the value for money that this package provides.

• really: And tho they're not particularly likeable you can't really begrudge them.

• then: But if this is so, how can I talk so enthusiastically about a tea cup and then begrudge everyone else owning one too?