PHRASAL PREPOSITIONAL VERBS (STRANDED PREPOSITION)

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 60 in VERBS is defined as:

verb + particle + preposition, where the preposition is separated from its complement.

An iWeb search for:

_VV _RP _I .

1 COME UP WITH. 10825

1 previously.tv   They prepared dishes that even 5-year-olds couldn’t come up with.
2 welltrainedmind.com My boys love picking out what concoction to come up with.

6 mcpmag.com   Let’s run it again and see what I come up with.
7 slyflourish.com   Three steps are usually easier to come up with.
8 dungeonmastering.com   The more crap they have on hand, the more creative solutions they’ll come up with.

11 thebloggernetwork.com   I could play around with the recipe to see what I might be able to come up with.

16 eham.net  It’s the best solution I can come up with.

8 uwgb.edu   I simply don’t have enough imagination to top what conspiracy theorists actually come up with.
19 yoyoexpert.com  And that’s the only functional use for one painted nail I can come up with.
20 openshotvideo.com I am looking forward to seeing what you will come up with.

2 CAME UP WITH. 3991
3 LOOK OUT FOR. 3879

Here are some things to look out for.

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4 WATCH OUT FOR. 3236

And that, I think, is a sort of thing to watch out for.

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5 FALL BACK ON. 2279

There is nothing to fall back on.

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6 GREW UP WITH. 2276

I‘d watch her slowly climb stairs

and she wasn’t the mom I grew up with.

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7 KEEP UP WITH. 2080

As we are constantly reaching for more land and more fresh water, 

we have set a precedent that our planet can not keep up with.

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8 GREW UP IN. 1876
9 PLAY AROUND WITH. 1784
10 SIGNED UP FOR. 1623
11 HANG OUT WITH. 1567
12 MISS OUT ON. 1518
13 MISSING OUT ON. 1495
14 END UP WITH. 1382
15 HOLD ON TO. 1292
16 SIGN UP FOR. 1081
17 GET BACK IN. 1061
18 PUT UP WITH. 967
19 GO BACK TO. 910
20 COME BACK TO. 842
21 START OFF WITH. 840
22 MISSED OUT ON. 744
23 COMES DOWN TO. 738
24 COMES UP WITH. 717
25 START OUT WITH. 706
26 LOOK BACK ON. 665
27 ENDED UP WITH. 656
28 LOG BACK IN. 643
29 PICK UP ON. 640
30 COME ON IN. 620
31 GO BACK IN. 614
32 COME BACK ON. 597
33 SIGNING UP FOR. 551
34 REACH OUT TO. 545
35 MESS AROUND WITH. 538
36 COME BACK IN. 534
37 CAME BACK ON. 499
38 TURNED BACK ON. 499
39 GREW UP ON. 494
40 COMING BACK TO. 461
41 COMES BACK ON. 458
42 CATCH UP ON. 452
43 LOOKING OUT FOR. 452
44 LOOKED DOWN UPON. 428
45 BOILS DOWN TO. 389
46 MOVE AROUND IN. 388
47 FOLLOW UP ON. 384
48 GROW UP IN. 376
49 MADE UP OF. 362
50 GROWN UP WITH. 353
51 GET ON WITH. 351
52 HANG ON TO. 337
53 STARTED OUT WITH. 323
54 GET BACK TO. 311
55 COME BACK FROM. 293
56 PUT BACK ON. 292
57 GET BACK ON. 288
58 REFER BACK TO. 286
59 HUNG UP ON. 274
60 HOLDING ON TO. 273
61 HANG OUT IN. 268
62 SING ALONG TO. 267
63 END UP IN. 263
64 TURN BACK ON. 263
65 FIND OUT ABOUT. 244
66 COMING UP WITH. 242
67 GIVEN UP ON. 239
68 CAUGHT UP IN. 237
69 COME UP AGAINST. 233
70 CRYING OUT FOR. 228
71 GOING ON ABOUT. 221
72 RUN AROUND IN. 220
73 COMING BACK IN. 216
74 PUT BACK IN. 214
75 GOING BACK TO. 213
76 COMES BACK IN. 203
77 HANGING OUT WITH. 197
78 GET IN TO. 196
79 LATCH ON TO. 191
80 WENT BACK IN. 183
81 HELP OUT WITH. 181
82 GOING BACK IN. 179
83 SETTLE DOWN WITH. 173
84 FOLLOW UP WITH. 172
85 GIVE UP ON. 170
86 CATCH UP WITH. 169
87 MOVE BACK IN. 169
88 MAKE UP FOR. 168
89 CAME BACK IN. 165
90 PLAYING AROUND WITH. 162
91 GO BACK ON. 161
92 GRAB ON TO. 158
93 PASS UP ON. 156
94 PICKED UP ON. 154
95 WAKE UP FROM. 154
96 GO OUT WITH. 151
97 CUT BACK ON. 150
98 GETTING ON WITH. 150
99 SIGNED UP WITH. 149
100 WALK AROUND IN. 149

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