lexical verb + degree adverb – English Grammar Profiler

Following a lexical verb with a degree adverb is possible but much rarer than following a lexical verb with a preposition and a little rarer than following a lexical verb with a general adverb.

Here we have kept the results with

_VV _RG

11 TAKES ABOUT 36989

All in all, the process takes about a month, give or take.

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12 LOOKS VERY 34563

This bread looks very good.

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13 GET TOO 32745

Oh! 

And don’t get too close to the road 

where you might be seen.

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16 FEEL (VV0) VERY 29120

20 GET (VVI) VERY 26219

23 GETTING (VVG) TOO 24017 24 GET (VVI) AS 23435 25 WORKS (VVZ) VERY 22637 26 SEEN (VVN) SO 22261 27 BECAME (VVD) VERY 21796 28 LOOKS (VVZ) PRETTY 21758 29 SEEMS (VVZ) VERY 21728 30 GET (VV0) TOO 21335

32 TOOK (VVD) ABOUT 19644

35 LOOK (VVI) VERY 18874
36 GETS (VVZ) TOO 18593

39 TAKE (VVI) ABOUT 17311

42 WORK (VVI) VERY 16601

44 SEEMS (VVZ) PRETTY 16314

48 FEEL (VVI) VERY 15416 49 FEELS (VVZ) VERY 15279 50 GET (VV0) VERY 15112 51 LOOK (VV0) VERY 15102

52 GO (VVI) SO 15099

57 TAKE (VVI) TOO 14585

59 BECOMES (VVZ) VERY 14427
60 BECOME (VVI) VERY 14321

62 BECOME (VVN@) VERY 14069

64 WORK (VV0) VERY 13740 65 FELT (VVD) VERY 13467

66 SEE (VVI) SO 13414

68 BECAME (VVD) SO (RG_RR) 13354

74 SEEMS (VVZ) TOO 12542

76 WORRY (VVI) TOO 12450

78 GO (VVI) TOO 12110

80 KNOW (VV0) VERY 11661 81 GETS (VVZ) VERY 11586

82 LOOK (VVI) TOO 11520

84 GET (VVI) PRETTY 11241
85 LOOK (VVI) AS 11204

87 GETTING (VVG) VERY 11105
89 WENT (VVD) SO 11069

91 GET (VVI) SO 10904
92 WORKING (VVG) VERY 10752

94 LOOK (VVI) SO 10670

97 GOING (VVG) TOO 10654

100 FEEL (VVI) SO 10520