In this post, we are looking for a list of sense verbs + pronoun + infinitive that may emphasize a complete action.
Our search starts in iWeb for:
feel|smell|taste|hear|see _P _VVI
*many of these seem like zero that clauses though.
2 SEE IT GO 3255
3 HEAR YOU SAY 3003
4 SEE IT HAPPEN 2473
5 SEE HIM GO 2290
8 SEE THEM GO 1951
9 SEE HIM GET 1755
10 SEE IT COME 1561
11 SEE HIM PLAY
1479
12 HEAR YOU ASK 1396
13 HEAR SOMEONE SAY 1371
14 SEE YOU GO 1262
15 HEAR HIM SAY 1239
16 SEE THEM PLAY 1047
17 SEE THEM GET 1023
18 SEE THEM COME 907
19 FEEL WE NEED 876
20 HEAR HIM SPEAK 853
21 SEE YOU SUCCEED 851 (could take ‘that’ clause)
22 HEAR THEM SAY 845
23 FEEL YOU WANT 799
24 SEE YOU GET 747
25 HEAR YOU CRY 727
26 SEE HIM TAKE 648
27 SEE THEM LIVE 617
28 SEE IT GROW 616
29 SEE THEM GROW 616
30 HEAR HER SAY 557
31 SEE IT BECOME 556
32 SEE HIM COME 555
33 HEAR ME SAY 527
34 SEE IT GET 510
35 SEE HIM PERFORM 496
1 SEE HIM PERFORM 587
2 SEEN HIM PERFORM 258
3 SAW HIM PERFORM 249
4 SEEING HIM PERFORM 122
5 SEES HIM PERFORM 13
36 SEE THEM TAKE 494
37 SEE IT WORK 477
38 SEE HIM MAKE 454
39 SEE HIM LEAVE 443
40 HEAR YOU SCREAM
434
Well, just once, I would like to hear you scream in pain.
41 HEAR THEM TALK 431
42 FEEL I KNOW 425
43 SEE IT END 424
44 SEE IT LIKE 423
45 FEEL YOU GET 403
46 HEAR YOU LIKE 399
47 SEE THEM MAKE 393
48 HEAR YOU TALK 392
49 HEAR THEM SPEAK 375
50 HEAR HIM TALK 373
51 SEE IT CONTINUE 371
52 SEE YOU PLAY 369
53 SEE YOU LIKE 365
54 SEE THEM PERFORM 358
55 SEE IT MOVE 357
56 FEEL THEY DESERVE 353
57 HEAR YOU SPEAK 351
58 SEE YOU USE 344
59 SEE YOU MAKE 335
60 SEE HIM RETURN 319
61 SEE HIM BECOME 312
62 SEE YOU LIVE 312
63 SEE THEM SUCCEED 294
64 SEE HIM WIN 289
65 SEE IT APPEAR 288
66 SEE YOU TRY 288
67 FEEL YOU DESERVE 286
68 HEAR SOMETHING LIKE 285
69 FEEL I GET 272
70 SEE YOU TAKE 266
71 SEE THEM MOVE 262
72 HEAR HER SPEAK 261
73 SEE THEM TRY 261
74 SEE HIM GROW 258
75 SEE YOU SMILE 254
76 FEEL THEY KNOW 251
77 SEE YOU PUT 249
78 HEAR HIM TELL 246
79 SEE YOU COME 243
80 SEE THEM BECOME 239
81 SEE HIM MOVE 238
83 SEE IT TAKE 237
84 SEE THEM WIN 230
85 SEE YOU LEAVE 228
86 SEE ME GET 220
87 SEE US GET 220
88 SEE IT CHANGE 219
89 FEEL THEY WANT 218
90 SEE THEM WORK 218
91 FEEL I WANT 216
92 FEEL YOU KNOW 215
93 HEAR YOURSELF THINK 214
94 SEE IT START 213
96 SEE YOU POST 208
98 SEE US PLAY 203
99 SEE IT RETURN 197
100 SEE IT SUCCEED 197
1 HEAR PEOPLE SAY 2424
2 HEAR PEOPLE TALK 862
3 SEE PEOPLE GET 400
4 SEE PEOPLE MAKE 305
5 SEE PEOPLE COME 240
6 HEAR PEOPLE COMPLAIN 175
B1 vocabulary:
appear, complain, continue, deserve, perform, scream, smile, succeed
PELIC level 3 student
They have [a] modern city with all services, but you can see the poor every[]where, for example[,] you can see children work in the street and they don’t go to school.