'V -ing' - Construction 2
| Name: | the stop doing construction |
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| Description: | A person discontinues an action. |
| Verbs: | cease, discontinue, finish, quit, stop, give over, give up, leave off |
| Example: | The child stopped crying. (BNC) |
| Membership: | action; enact event |
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