Many of the second base verbs are more like nouns. For example, “Press the ENTER button.” 1 PRESS (VV0_NN1) ENTER (VV0) 16128 2 CLICK (VV0_NN1) ADD (VV0) 15009 3 GO (VV0) GET (VV0) 14910 4 CLICK (VV0_NN1) SAVE (VV0) 12303 5 COME (VV0) JOIN (VV0) 11010 6 COME (VV0) SEE (VV0) 10450 7 GO (VV0) […]
It seems impossible to find a lexical base verb after lexical verb + noun. 1 GET (VVI) THINGS (NN2) DONE (VDN) 15273 2 MAKE (VVI) ENDS (NN2) MEET (VVI) 12084 3 GETTING (VVG) THINGS (NN2) DONE (VDN) 7515 4 LET (VVI) PEOPLE (NN) KNOW (VVI) 6309 5 HAVING (VHG) TROUBLE (NN1) GETTING (VVG) 6301 6 […]
The word ‘that’ is almost always a subordinating conjunction between a verb and determiner. The main exceptions have been highlighted. 1 IS (VBZ) THAT (CST) THIS (DD1) 60964 2 NOTE (VV0) THAT (CST) THIS (DD1) 50064 3 ENSURE (VVI) THAT (CST) ALL (DB) 29111 4 IS (VBZ) THAT (CST) THESE (DD2) 26839 5 IS (VBZ) […]
1 IS (VBZ) ALSO (RR) A (AT1) 431112 2 IS (VBZ) JUST (RR) A (AT1) 186187 3 IS (VBZ) STILL (RR) A (AT1) 126059 4 IS (VBZ) ALWAYS (RR) A (AT1) 99232 5 WAS (VBDZ) ALSO (RR) A (AT1) 98531 6 ‘S (VBZ) JUST (RR) A (AT1) 96851 7 ‘S (VBZ) ALSO (RR) A (AT1) […]
1 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VBZ) 2910658 6 THAT (CST) ‘S (VBZ) 46519 8 THAT (DD1) ‘S (VHZ) 15994 9 THAT (CST) ‘S (VHZ) 12804
1 FIND (VVI) OUT (RP) 628420 2 CHECK (VV0) OUT (RP) 625025 3 FIGURE (VVI) OUT (RP) 394099 4 GOING (VVG) ON (RP@) 375296 5 SET (VVI) UP (RP) 339323 6 END (VVI) UP (RP) 307480 7 GO (VVI) BACK (RP) 305333 8 SET (VVN) UP (RP) 297897 9 FIND (VV0) OUT (RP) 292696 10 […]
It is much rarer to follow a lexical verb by a general adverb than a preposition or adverb of degree. 18 SEE (VV0) ALSO (RR) 76851 19 WORKS (VVZ) WELL (RR) 75187 21 GO (VVI) WRONG (RR) 74572 26 WORK (VVI) WELL (RR) 68085 32 KNOW (VVI) EXACTLY (RR) 50204 34 KNOW (VV0) EXACTLY (RR) […]
Following a lexical verb with a degree adverb is possible but much rarer than following a lexical verb with a preposition and a little rarer than following a lexical verb with a general adverb. 11 TAKES (VVZ) ABOUT (RG) 36989 12 LOOKS (VVZ) VERY (RG) 34563 13 GET (VVI) TOO (RG) 32745 16 FEEL (VV0) […]
1 BASED (VVN) ON (II) 2713989 2 KNOWN (VVN) AS (II) 1156665 3 COMES (VVZ) TO (II) 937726 4 COMPARED (VVN) TO (II) 832204 5 LOOKING (VVG) AT (II) 822174 6 GO (VV0) TO (II) 800246 7 GO (VVI) TO (II) 758042 8 TALKING (VVG) ABOUT (II) 686009 9 LOOK (VVI) AT (II) 639052 10 […]
1 LIKE (II) 12859907 2 LIKE (VVI) 2829631 3 LIKE (VV0) 1807281 8 LIKE (CS) 242194 27 LIKE (JJ) 54117