| Examples | Sentences | Crashes | Derivations |
| 1 | Sue prefers John to be swimming. | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Sue prefers John swimming. (Pires 2007, 182) | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | John prefers swimming. (Pires 2007, 182) | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | John prefers swimming. (Pires 2007, 182) | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Susan was late for dinner. | 15 | 16 |
| 6 | Susan preferred being late for dinner. (Pires 2007, 165) | 80 | 17 |
| 7 | Susan preferred him being late for dinner. (Pires 2007, 165) | 80 | 16 |
| 8 | Susan worried about Mary being late for dinner. (Pires 2007, 166) | 32 | 17 |
| 9 | John preferred Bill/Bill's using the supercomputer. (Sato 2019, 63) | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | John preferred using the supercomputer. | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | John preferred the using of the supercomputer. | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | John preferred Bill's using of the supercomputer. | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Paul remembers having gone to Chicago. | 10 | 2 |
| 14 | Susan is fond of swimming. | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | John swimming is preferred/*John is preferred swimming. | 71 | 2 |
| 16 | John was seen swimming. | 52 | 2 |