'V way prep/adv' - Construction 23
| Name: | the river snakes its way through the environment construction |
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| Description: | An entity such as a river or a road makes a shape in the landscape. The NP following the preposition indicates the landscape feature. |
| Verbs: | carve, curl, snake, spiral, thread, twist, weave, wind |
| Example: | …she saw the water far below, snaking its way between the high rock walls of a narrow gorge. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative movement; make a shape |
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