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Examples of verb phrase
verb phrase
As often happens, the phrase in between the subject and verb threw us off track.
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Similarly, sing songs is a verb phrase in line with its part sing, which is a verb.
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Instrumental and place adjuncts were usually placed after the verb phrase.
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A verb phrase contains verbs which can be lexical, auxiliary, or modal.
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The verb phrase of a sentence is generally headed by a lexical verb.
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The other factor in situation aspect is duration, which is also a property of a verb phrase.
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In this construction, the conjunctionthat is optional when joining a sentence to a verb phrase with know.
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In brief, the focus directly precedes the verb phrase.
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In both cases it is the modal or entire verb phrase, rather than the main verb, that is being negated.
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