PHRASAL PREPOSITIONAL VERBS (STRANDED PREPOSITION) – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 60 in VERBS is defined as:
verb + particle + preposition, where the preposition is separated from its complement.
An iWeb search for:
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1 COME UP WITH. 10825
1 previously.tv They prepared dishes that even 5-year-olds couldn’t come up with.
2 welltrainedmind.com My boys love picking out what concoction to come up with.
6 mcpmag.com Let’s run it again and see what I come up with. 7 slyflourish.com Three steps are usually easier to come up with.
8 dungeonmastering.com The more crap they have on hand, the more creative solutions they’ll come up with.
11 thebloggernetwork.com I could play around with the recipe to see what I might be able to come up with.
16 eham.net It’s the best solution I can come up with.
8 uwgb.edu I simply don’t have enough imagination to top what conspiracy theorists actually come up with. 19 yoyoexpert.com And that’s the only functional use for one painted nail I can come up with.
20 openshotvideo.com I am looking forward to seeing what you will come up with.
2 CAME UP WITH. 3991
3 LOOK OUT FOR. 3879
Here are some things to look out for.
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4 WATCH OUT FOR. 3236
And that, I think, is a sort of thing to watch out for.
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5 FALL BACK ON. 2279
There is nothing to fall back on.
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6 GREW UP WITH. 2276
I‘d watch her slowly climb stairs,
and she wasn’t the mom I grew up with.
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7 KEEP UP WITH. 2080
As we are constantly reaching for more land and more fresh water,
we have set a precedent that our planet can not keep up with.
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8 GREW UP IN. 1876 9 PLAY AROUND WITH. 1784 10 SIGNED UP FOR. 1623 11 HANG OUT WITH. 1567 12 MISS OUT ON. 1518 13 MISSING OUT ON. 1495 14 END UP WITH. 1382 15 HOLD ON TO. 1292 16 SIGN UP FOR. 1081 17 GET BACK IN. 1061 18 PUT UP WITH. 967 19 GO BACK TO. 910 20 COME BACK TO. 842 21 START OFF WITH. 840 22 MISSED OUT ON. 744 23 COMES DOWN TO. 738 24 COMES UP WITH. 717 25 START OUT WITH. 706 26 LOOK BACK ON. 665 27 ENDED UP WITH. 656 28 LOG BACK IN. 643 29 PICK UP ON. 640 30 COME ON IN. 620 31 GO BACK IN. 614 32 COME BACK ON. 597 33 SIGNING UP FOR. 551 34 REACH OUT TO. 545 35 MESS AROUND WITH. 538 36 COME BACK IN. 534 37 CAME BACK ON. 499 38 TURNED BACK ON. 499 39 GREW UP ON. 494 40 COMING BACK TO. 461 41 COMES BACK ON. 458 42 CATCH UP ON. 452 43 LOOKING OUT FOR. 452 44 LOOKED DOWN UPON. 428 45 BOILS DOWN TO. 389 46 MOVE AROUND IN. 388 47 FOLLOW UP ON. 384 48 GROW UP IN. 376 49 MADE UP OF. 362 50 GROWN UP WITH. 353 51 GET ON WITH. 351 52 HANG ON TO. 337 53 STARTED OUT WITH. 323 54 GET BACK TO. 311 55 COME BACK FROM. 293 56 PUT BACK ON. 292 57 GET BACK ON. 288 58 REFER BACK TO. 286 59 HUNG UP ON. 274 60 HOLDING ON TO. 273 61 HANG OUT IN. 268 62 SING ALONG TO. 267 63 END UP IN. 263 64 TURN BACK ON. 263 65 FIND OUT ABOUT. 244 66 COMING UP WITH. 242 67 GIVEN UP ON. 239 68 CAUGHT UP IN. 237 69 COME UP AGAINST. 233 70 CRYING OUT FOR. 228 71 GOING ON ABOUT. 221 72 RUN AROUND IN. 220 73 COMING BACK IN. 216 74 PUT BACK IN. 214 75 GOING BACK TO. 213 76 COMES BACK IN. 203 77 HANGING OUT WITH. 197 78 GET IN TO. 196 79 LATCH ON TO. 191 80 WENT BACK IN. 183 81 HELP OUT WITH. 181 82 GOING BACK IN. 179 83 SETTLE DOWN WITH. 173 84 FOLLOW UP WITH. 172 85 GIVE UP ON. 170 86 CATCH UP WITH. 169 87 MOVE BACK IN. 169 88 MAKE UP FOR. 168 89 CAME BACK IN. 165 90 PLAYING AROUND WITH. 162 91 GO BACK ON. 161 92 GRAB ON TO. 158 93 PASS UP ON. 156 94 PICKED UP ON. 154 95 WAKE UP FROM. 154 96 GO OUT WITH. 151 97 CUT BACK ON. 150 98 GETTING ON WITH. 150 99 SIGNED UP WITH. 149
100 WALK AROUND IN. 149