'V way prep/adv' - Construction 22
| Name: | the munch your way through food construction |
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| Description: | A person consumes something in a particular way. The NP following the preposition indicates the item consumed. |
| Verbs: | booze, chew, chomp, drink, eat, feast, gasp, gnaw, graze, guzzle, lick, munch, nibble, nosh, peck, puff, slice, slurp, smoke, taste, work |
| Example: | Hungry snails are munching their way through thousands of Christmas cards... (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative movement; through an artefact; consuming |
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