Pearson’s GSE 56 B1+ is defined:
“reduced” defining (restrictive) relative clauses with verb +-ing.
This point will overlap: verb of senses + object + verbing
This is difficult grammar to find in corpora since many other structures get caught. We have done a search with a full stop to narrow out questions. Our search string is: ‘. the _NN _VVG’ in iWeb and then we manually removed almost everything that doesn’t contain a human subject. Finally, we chose those specific results looking for preceding lexical verbs. Those results have been put to the right.
4 . THE PERSON MAKING 260
1 NOTIFY THE PERSON MAKING 35
2 KNOW THE PERSON MAKING 20
i-D Magazine3 PROVIDE THE PERSON MAKING 17
4 CONTACT THE PERSON MAKING 14
5 IDENTIFY THE PERSON MAKING 12
5 . THE PEOPLE WORKING 259
Noise levels in hospitals have doubled in the last few years, and it affects not just the patients, but also the people working there.
1 KNOW THE PEOPLE WORKING 13
2 ASK THE PEOPLE WORKING 12
6 . THE PEOPLE LIVING 226
9 . THE PERSON RECEIVING 199
11 . THE PEOPLE RUNNING 175
17 . THE PEOPLE MAKING 106
18 . THE LIGHT COMING 103
1 SEE THE LIGHT COMING 53
2 BLOCK THE LIGHT COMING 25
3 MEASURE THE LIGHT COMING 22
4 SAW A LIGHT COMING 19
5 CONTROL THE LIGHT COMING 15
23 . THE PERSON HOLDING 92
26 . THE PERSON TAKING 87
29 . THE ACTOR PLAYING 86
30 . THE PERSON USING 84
34 . THE PERSON SIGNING 78
35 . THE SOUND COMING 78
37 . THE PARTY SEEKING 76
40 . THE PARTY REQUESTING 73
41 . THE PERSON REQUESTING 72
43 . THE AIR COMING 71
45 . THE PERSON SITTING 69
46 . THE MAN SITTING 68
47 . THE PERSON GIVING 68
48 . THE WATER COMING 68
49 . THE PEOPLE WATCHING 67