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Grammar Patterns 1 Verbs

The document is a comprehensive guide titled 'Grammar Patterns 1: Verbs' from the COBUILD series, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. It includes various chapters detailing simple and complex verb patterns, as well as patterns with prepositions and adverbs. The content is designed to aid in understanding and using different verb structures in English.

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Grammar Patterns 1: Verbs

THE COBUILD SERIES


/from/

THE BANK OF ENGLISH

COLLINS COBUILD

GRAMMAR PATTERNS 1:
VERBS
© HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 1996

Senior Editors
Gill Francis, Susan Hunston, Elizabeth
Manning
Editorial Consultant
Eugene Gatt Winter
Editorial Assistant
Deborah Orpin

For the printed version of this book, the Computer


Officer was Tim Lane. The web version of the book
was prepared by Oliver Mason, 2008, by permission
of the Publisher.

COBUILD© and the Bank of English© are registered


trademarks of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Updated from the Bank of English. Based on the


Cobuild series, developed in collaboration with the
University of Birmingham.

All rights reserved. No part of this book / website


may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise,
without the prior permission in writing of the
Publisher.

ISBN: 0-00-375051-5 / 0-00-375062-0

www.collinslanguage.com

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Grammar Patterns 1: Verbs

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Simple Patterns


1V
2Vn
3 V pl-n
4 V pron-refl
5 V amount
6 V adj
7 V -ing
8 V to-inf
9 V inf
10 V that
11 V wh
12 V wh-to-inf
13 V with quote
14 V so/not
15 V as if, V as though
16 V and v
Chapter 2: Simple Patterns with Prepositions and
Adverbs
1 V prep/adv, V adv/prep
2 V adv
3 pl-n V together
4 V prep
5 V about n
6 V across n
7 V after n
8 V against n
9 V around/round n
10 V as adj
11 V as n
12 V as to wh
13 V at n
14 V between pl-n
15 V by amount
16 V by -ing
17 V for n
18 V from n
19 V in n
20 V in favour of n
21 V into n
22 V like n
23 V of n
24 V off n
25 V on n
26 V on to n, V onto n
27 V out of n
28 V over n
29 V through n
30 V to n
31 V towards/toward n

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32 V under n
33 V with n
34 Less frequent patterns
Chapter 3: Complex Patterns
1Vnn
2 V n adj
3 V n -ing
4 V n to-inf
5 V n inf
6 V n that
7 V n wh
8 V n wh-to-inf
9 V n with quote
10 V n -ed
Chapter 4: Complex Patterns with Prepositions and
Adverbs
1 V n prep/adv, V n adv/prep
2 V n with adv
3 V pl-n with together
4 V way prep/adv
5 V n about n
6 V n against n
7 V n as adj
8 V n as n
9 V n as to wh
10 V n at n
11 V n between/among pl-n
12 V n by n
13 V n for n
14 V n from n
15 V n in n
16 V n into n
17 V n into -ing
18 V n of n
19 V n off n
20 V n on n
21 V n onto n, V n on to n
22 V n out of n
23 V n over n
24 V n to n
25 V n towards/toward n
26 V n with n
27 Less frequent patterns
Chapter 5: Link Verbs
Chapter 6: Reciprocal Verbs
Chapter 7: Ergative Verbs
Chapter 8: Ergative Reciprocal Verbs
Chapter 9: Verb Patterns with it
1 Introductory it as Subject
2 Introductory it as Object
3 General it as Subject
4 General it as Object
Chapter 10: Patterns with there

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Chapter 11: Auxiliaries, Modals, and Phrasal Modals


1 Auxiliaries
2 Modals
3 Phrasal modals
Chapter 12: Combinations of Patterns

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