'V -ing' - Construction 4
Name: | the end up doing construction |
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Description: | A person begins or ends a period of time with an action. The period of time is not specified. |
Verbs: | die, end up, finish up, start off, wind up |
Example: | [He] ended up teaching philosophy at Cambridge… (BNC) |
Membership: | action; enact event |
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