'V way prep/adv' - Construction 21
| Name: | the work your way through an artefact construction |
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| Description: | A person goes carefully through an artefact such as a book. The NP following the preposition indicates the artefact. |
| Verbs: | leaf, listen, preach, read, sift, thumb, work |
| Example: | [He] sat at an oak table working his way through a mound of papers. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative movement; through an artefact; reading/talking |
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