'V way prep/adv' - Construction 10
| Name: | the plead your way towards a goal construction |
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| Description: | A person uses reasonable language to achieve a goal or get out of a difficult situation. |
| Verbs: | apologise, argue, communicate, debate, haggle, negotiate, plead, protest, reason, rationalise, verbalise, wrangle |
| Example: | …she tried to negotiate her way between the truth and a lie. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative movement; into/out of a situation / towards a goal; by talking; reasonably |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Communication.
Roles: NP1: Sayer; NP2: Way; NP3: Situation
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