Pattern: V n to-inf
The pattern can be best understood by viewing the interactive construction network link above.
To examine the individual constructions please see the tables below:
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…he too had backed Grye to win. (BNC)
He helped her to make the house ready for the next occupant… (BNC) …politicians believed themselves to be the best informed people in the world. (BNC) …the disappearance of the forest habitat had forced the herbivore to turn meat-eater. (BNC) We carried on using the encyclopedia to make plans… (BNC) |
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