verb + object + clause

Point 12 in the category of VERBS/patterns is defined:

verbs, typically reporting verbs, followed by a noun or pronoun as the indirect object and a clause with or without ‘that’, as the direct object.

*Note some of our search results are not indirect objects.  However, the A2 complexity is still there with relative clauses.

_VV _P that_C * _V

1 TOLD ME THAT IT WAS 2600
2 TELL YOU THAT IT IS 2157
3 TOLD ME THAT I WAS 2132
4 TOLD ME THAT HE HAD 2046
5 TOLD ME THAT HE WAS 1928
6 TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE 1784
7 TELL YOU THAT IT ‘S 1595
8 TOLD ME THAT I HAD 1584
9 TELL YOU THAT THERE IS 1429
10 TELL YOU THAT THIS IS 1374
11 TELL YOU THAT I HAVE 1372
12 TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD 1298
13 TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN 1277
14 TELL YOU THAT I AM 1264
15 TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE 1222
16 TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS 1166
17 TOLD ME THAT I WOULD 1142
18 TOLD HIM THAT I WAS 1110
19 TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED 1082
20 TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS 1066
21 TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE 1039
22 TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE 1019
23 TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE 1013
24 TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD 1010
25 TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS 978
26 TOLD ME THAT I COULD 977
27 TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD 899
28 TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD 830
29 TOLD ME THAT IT IS 829
30 TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS 818
31 TELL YOU THAT YOU SHOULD 797
32 TELL YOU THAT YOU ‘RE 748
33 TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE 727
34 TOLD ME THAT I HAVE 693
35 TELL YOU THAT IT WAS 687
36 TELLS US THAT WE ARE 681
37 TOLD ME THAT THERE IS 658
38 TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD 654
39 TELLS US THAT IT IS 652
40 TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS 646
41 TOLD HER THAT I WAS 641
42 TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE 627
43 TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD 623
44 ASSURE YOU THAT YOU WILL 621
45 TOLD HIM THAT I HAD 615
46 TELLING YOU THAT YOU ARE 600
47 TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD 590
48 TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD 589
49 TELLS YOU THAT YOU ARE 570
50 TELLS US THAT THERE IS 561
51 TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED 559
52 TELL YOU THAT YOU DO 557
53 REMINDS US THAT WE ARE 546
54 TOLD ME THAT HE HAS 541
55 TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE 538
56 TELL YOU THAT I ‘M 512
57 TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE 509
58 TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD 507
59 ASSURE YOU THAT IT IS 499
60 TELL YOU THAT YOU WILL 495
61 TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD 494
62 TOLD HER THAT IT WAS 493
63 REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE 483
64 TELLS YOU THAT YOU HAVE 483
65 TOLD US THAT IT WAS 476
66 TOLD HER THAT HE WAS 475
67 TOLD ME THAT IT ‘S 472
68 TOLD ME THAT HE DID 469
69 TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS 451
70 TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE 448
71 TELLING ME THAT I WAS 446
72 TELL ME THAT I AM 445
73 TELLING YOU THAT YOU NEED 442
74 TELL ME THAT I ‘M 438
75 SHOW THEM THAT YOU ARE 436
76 TELLS ME THAT IT IS 431
77 TELLS US THAT THERE ARE 417
78 TOLD ME THAT THEY DO 414
79 TELL YOU THAT I DO 411
80 TOLD HIM THAT I DID 411
81 TOLD HER THAT I HAD 405
82 TOLD ME THAT HE IS 403
83 TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD 402
84 TELL ME THAT THEY ARE 401
85 TOLD THEM THAT I WAS 394
86 TELLS YOU THAT YOU NEED 388
87 TELL ME THAT I WAS 387
88 TELL YOU THAT I WAS 384
89 TELL YOU THAT I LOVE 382
90 TOLD HER THAT HE HAD 382
91 TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE 381
92 TOLD HIM THAT SHE WAS 376
93 ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS 375


94 TOLD ME THAT THIS IS 374

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

Several weeks later,

my husband provided me the American football’s players’ cards which were 400 pieces,

and told me that this is the most famous sport in America.

Japanese female level 3 writing class.


95 TELL ME THAT IT IS 368
96 TOLD THEM THAT THEY WERE 368
97 TELLS US THAT THIS IS 364
98 TOLD US THAT HE HAD 363
99 TOLD US THAT HE WAS 361
100 TELLING ME THAT IT WAS 357

_VV _P _P _V

1 KNOW WHO YOU ARE 12590
2 TOLD ME IT WAS 9016
3 KNOW WHO THEY ARE 5695
4 TOLD ME I WAS 5484
5 FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED 5028
6 TOLD ME HE WAS 4813
7 KNOW WHO I AM 4435
8 TOLD ME I HAD 3687
9 TOLD HIM I WAS 3561
10 INCLUDES EVERYTHING YOU NEED 3400
11 TOLD HIM HE WAS 3342
12 TELL YOU IT ‘S 3157
13 TOLD HIM IT WAS 2966
14 TOLD ME I COULD 2823
15 TOLD ME HE HAD 2777
16 TOLD ME SHE WAS 2651
17 KNOW WHO HE IS 2627
18 KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS 2622
19 TOLD ME THEY WERE 2610
20 GET EVERYTHING YOU NEED 2599
21 KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS 2484
22 TELL YOU IT IS 2316
23 LEARN EVERYTHING YOU NEED 2239
24 TOLD HER IT WAS 2212
25 TOLD HER SHE WAS 2076
26 CONTAINS EVERYTHING YOU NEED 2053
27 TOLD HER I WAS 2030
28 TOLD ME I SHOULD 2007
29 TOLD ME I WOULD 1932
30 TOLD HIM HE HAD 1929
31 TELL ME I ‘M 1905
32 FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN 1884
33 FIND SOMEONE WHO IS 1854
34 TOLD ME IT WOULD 1788
35 TOLD THEM I WAS 1786
36 KNOW WHO WE ARE 1724
37 TELL THEM YOU ARE 1698
38 TOLD YOU IT WAS 1624
39 TOLD ME SHE HAD 1559
40 TELL ME IT ‘S 1557
41 GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED 1521
42 TOLD THEM IT WAS 1510
43 TOLD HER HE WAS 1459
44 FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE 1455
45 TOLD HIM I WOULD 1444
46 KNOW WHO HE WAS 1423
47 KNOW WHO IT IS 1408
48 TELL YOU IT WAS 1406
49 TOLD ME HE WOULD 1381
50 THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS 1353
51 TELL YOU THEY ARE 1310
52 KNEW WHO HE WAS 1293
53 TOLD HIM HE COULD 1290
54 TOLD HIM I HAD 1284
55 TOLD ME THEY HAD 1279
56 KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS 1276
57 TOLD ME I NEEDED 1273
58 TELL THEM IT ‘S 1262
59 PROVIDES EVERYTHING YOU NEED 1238
60 TOLD HIM HE WOULD 1238
61 TOLD ME THEY WOULD 1233
62 FIND SOMEONE WHO HAS 1229
63 TOLD US IT WAS 1217
64 TELL THEM YOU WANT 1204
65 KNOW WHO YOU ‘RE 1182
66 NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN 1173
67 TOLD HIM I DID 1146
68 KNOW WHO SHE IS 1140
69 TOLD ME IT ‘S 1116
70 TOLD HIM SHE WAS 1098
71 PROVIDE EVERYTHING YOU NEED 1082
72 KNEW WHO I WAS 1080
73 FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL 1067
74 KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES 1048
75 TELL THEM THEY ARE 1034
76 TOLD HER SHE HAD 1029
77 KNOW WHO I WAS 1026
78 TOLD THEM THEY WERE 993
79 TELL THEM YOU ‘RE 991
80 CARE WHO YOU ARE 989
81 TELLS ME IT ‘S 987
82 TELL ME IT WAS 984
83 COVERS EVERYTHING YOU NEED 982
84 OFFERS EVERYTHING YOU NEED 979
85 TOLD ME HE DID 973
86 REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE 954
87 BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ 946
88 SEE SOMETHING YOU LIKE 925
89 TOLD HER I WOULD 921
90 KNOWS WHO YOU ARE 915
91 TOLD ME IT IS 904
92 TOLD HIM I WANTED 900
93 TOLD THEM HE WAS 899
94 TELLING ME I WAS 898
95 KNOWING WHO YOU ARE 890
96 WANT SOMEONE WHO IS 883
97 NEED SOMEONE WHO IS 869
98 MATTER WHO YOU ARE 865
99 TELL ME THEY ARE 861
100 FIND SOMETHING YOU LOVE 852


A2:

anyone, believe, care, could, covers, everyone, everything, includes, matter, offers, should, someone, thank

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