'V at n' - Construction 6

Name: the wink at construction
Description: A person directs an expression indicating attitude in the direction of something.
Verbs: beam, blink, frown, grimace, grin, leer, nod, scowl, smile, smirk, wave, wink
Example: Blanche winked at Dexter and nodded for him to follow her outside. (BNC)
Membership: figurative contact; direction; gaze
Semantic fields and roles: Field: Communication. Roles: NP1: Behaver; NP2: Receiver
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