'V -ing' - Construction 1
| Name: | the start doing construction |
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| Description: | A person starts an action. |
| Verbs: | begin, commence, get, resume, start, burst out, fall to, take to |
| Example: | …that's why you start breathing quicker… (BNC) |
| Membership: | action; enact event |
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