lexical verb + article + adjective + noun + particle | preposition

We‘re keeping an open mind about the causes of the fire.

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A search in NOW corpus for:

_VV _AT _JJ _NN _RP

*note that particles and prepositions are sometimes incorrectly tagged.

1 TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT 761 (C1)

You didn’t take the easy way out.

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2 VISITED THE RIVAL NATION IN 734
3 TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT 465
4 KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON 360 (B2)

I gave you this detail so you could keep a close eye on things.

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5 TOOK THE EASY WAY OUT 317
6 SEEMS A LONG WAY OFF 315
7 KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON 314
8 GET A DAILY ROUND UP 259
9 TRIPPING THE LOSING TEAM UP 193
10 REMAINS A LONG WAY OFF 177
11 MADE THE WHOLE THING UP 151
12 SEEM A LONG WAY OFF 145
13 WORKS THE OTHER WAY AROUND 142
14 TAKEN THE EASY WAY OUT 140
15 ADD THE VISUAL EFFECTS IN 126
16 CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF 123
17 WORK THE OTHER WAY AROUND 116
18 SAID THE QUIET PART OUT 111
19 TAKE A LITTLE TIME OFF 110
20 BRINGING THE UNITED STATES BACK 108
21 KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN 108
22 GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT 98
23 LOOKS A LONG WAY OFF 96
24 BRING THE GOOD TIMES BACK 96
25 GIVEN AN EMPHATIC THUMBS UP 94
26 SHUT THE WHOLE THING DOWN 93
27 LOVES A GOOD DUST UP 92
28 SEEMED A LONG WAY OFF 91
29 SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT 87
30 OFFER A REGULAR ROUND UP 84
31 TOOK A BIG STEP BACK 81
32 BRINGING THE TOTAL COUNT DOWN 79
33 GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT 77
34 WORKS THE OTHER WAY ROUND 76
35 MAKING THE WHOLE THING UP 75
36 TAKES THE EASY WAY OUT 74
37 KEEPING A CLOSE EYE OUT 72
38 NEED THE ADDITIONAL DAYS OFF 71
39 WORK THE OTHER WAY ROUND 65
40 BRING THE UNITED STATES BACK 63
41 TAKE A BIG STEP BACK 63
42 STITCH THE DIVIDED ISLAND BACK 62
43 TAKE A QUICK LOOK BACK 59
44 FEELS A LONG WAY OFF 56
45 KEEPING A KEEN EYE OUT 52
46 PUT THE HARD WORK IN 52
47 LETTING THE WHOLE COUNTRY DOWN 46
48 BLOW THE WHOLE THING UP 46
49 BLOW THE BLOODY DOORS OFF 44