[Corpora-List] V Object into V-ing

[Adam Kilgarriff]

Chris,

Not sure about academic papers, but here are the verbs that do it most in
the 113,436 hits for the pattern in enTenTen12

Adam

4146 trick
3521 talk
2784 fool
1355 put
1154 delude
944 mislead
907 scare
861 deceive
577 bring
400 force
387 pressure
300 lure
268 manipulate
248 push
248 convert
213 turn
190 lead
189 brainwash
170 con
167 get
134 dupe
101 confuse
100 entice
99 guide
98 call
90 coerce
84 do
80 go
69 seduce
67 integrate
60 speak
60 lull
56 tempt
49 throw
47 provide
46 coax
41 kid
41 intimidate
38 invest
37 cross
34 drop
33 rush
29 stimulate
26 persuade
25 frighten
23 take
22 plunge
22 incorporate
19 make
19 lock
19 convince
18 pour
18 hoodwink
18 badger
17 shame
17 motivate
15 tease
15 regard
15 breathe
13 draw
12 dream
11 move
10 sucker
10 panic
10 harass




On 20 November 2013 10:42, Christoph Ruehlemann <
chrisruehlemann at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm interested in the [V Object into V-ing] construction, as in *You
> bullied me into becoming yur girlfriend* (BNC: HGM 3178). Is anybody aware
> of ongoing research or published papers into this? (I faintly remember
> seeing a paper read at one of the ICAME conferences, but cannot remember
> which one.)
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
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