'V n -ing' - Construction 2
| Name: | the like something doing construction |
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| Description: | A person has an attitude towards an event. |
| Verbs: | appreciate, can’t bear, not begrudge, dislike, favour, hate, not have, like, not mind, resent, stand, tolerate, want |
| Example: | The authorities do not like foreigners wandering about [near] the frontier. (BNC) |
| Membership: | reaction; cognition |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Cognition.
Roles: NP1: Emoter; NP2 + -ing clause: Phenomenon
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