'V to-inf' - Construction 19
| Name: | the start to happen construction |
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| Description: | An action or event starts or stops. |
| Verbs: | begin, cease, come, commence, continue, get, grow, proceed, start, come on, go on, settle down |
| Example: | They started to walk across the grass. (BNC) |
| Membership: | restricted; present focus; existence |
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