'V n into -ing' - Construction 2
| Name: | the bully someone into doing something construction |
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| Description: | A person causes another person to follow a course of action by behaving in an aggressive way. |
| Verbs: | blackmail, bludgeon, bounce, brainwash, bulldoze, bully, coerce, cow, dragoon, force, manipulate, press, press-gang, pressure, pressurize, prod, provoke, push, railroad, rush, sidetrack, stampede, steamroller |
| Example: | Together we bullied him into writing this report. (BNC) |
| Membership: | Cause someone to do; force; action |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Causation.
Roles: NP1: Cause; NP2; Affected; -ing clause: Result
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