verb + new subject + verbING – English Grammar Profiler

At B2 in the English Grammar Profile, point 52 in the category of VERBS/patterns is defined as:

introducing a new subject before the ‘-ing’ form (using noun or object pronoun)

For example:

This session is designed to stop you wasting time and procrastinating when you need to be getting an earlier night.

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* The example above can also be structured: “stop you FROM wasting time”

_VV _P _V*G

*Notice that the ‘get/keep somebody doing somthing’  grammar structure is frequent here.  Also, not all pronouns/nouns are subjects of a new clause. Much of this is still B2 as ‘verbs of the senses + object + verbing.’

1 GOT ME THINKING 14965 2 LEAVE YOU FEELING 9651 3 GET IT WORKING 7858 4 KEEP IT GOING 7720 5 KEEP YOU GOING 5428 6 KEEP THEM COMING 5285

7 SEE IT BEING 5025 (verb of senses = B2)

8 GET IT GOING 4492 9 GET YOU GOING 4479

10 SEE IT COMING 4160

11 APPRECIATE YOU TAKING 3550 12 SEE IT HAPPENING 3347 13 KEEP IT RUNNING 3311 14 GOT IT WORKING 3113 15 KEEP YOU FEELING 2919 16 KEEP IT LOOKING 2912 17 CONTACT US USING 2810 18 REMEMBER IT BEING 2775 19 LEFT ME FEELING 2758 20 GET IT RUNNING 2702 21 GET YOU THINKING 2589 22 MIND ME ASKING 2526 23 KEEPS ME GOING 2452 24 KEEP ME GOING 2402 25 KEEP YOU LOOKING 2208 26 FIND YOURSELF HAVING 2201 27 LEAVES YOU FEELING 2172 28 KEPT ME GOING 2053 29 KEEP YOU COMING 1989 30 SAW IT COMING 1950 31 FIND YOURSELF GETTING 1933 32 FIND MYSELF USING 1849 33 FIND YOURSELF NEEDING 1793 34 KEEP YOU MOVING 1706 35 LEAVE YOU WANTING 1695 36 KEEP THEM GOING 1663 37 GOT US THINKING 1652 38 GET YOU MOVING 1599

39 KEEP THEM LOOKING 1579

40 GOT ME WONDERING 1536

41 FIND MYSELF THINKING 1511 42 KEEP IT MOVING 1507 43 KEEP IT COMING 1506 44 FIND YOURSELF BEING 1465 45 FIND YOURSELF USING 1457 46 FIND YOURSELF FEELING 1453 47 APPRECIATE YOU SHARING 1404 48 LEAVING YOU FEELING 1400

49 SEE HIM BEING 1378

50 CONTACT YOU REGARDING 1326

*Note, although there is no question to the high complexity of the above sentence, ‘regarding’ is probably a preposition here.  CLAWS7 POS tagging cannot differentiate the difference in meaning, and really both ‘verbing’ or preposition are possible.

51 FIND YOURSELF DOING 1324 52 KEEP US GOING 1309

53 FIND YOURSELF WANTING 1286

54 IMAGINE IT BEING 1270 (this is one of the EGP examples)

55 SEE THEM BEING 1259 56 FIND YOURSELF LOOKING 1241 57 GOT IT GOING 1238 58 SEE IT WORKING 1231 59 GET ME GOING 1217

60 FIND YOURSELF STRUGGLING 1208

61 FIND IT CHALLENGING 1204 (*challenging could be an adjective)

62 KEEPS YOU GOING 1203 63 FIND YOURSELF WONDERING 1196 64 FOUND MYSELF THINKING 1180 65 FIND YOURSELF WORKING 1177 66 FIND MYSELF HAVING 1167 67 FIND YOURSELF THINKING 1138 68 SEE MYSELF DOING 1113 69 LEAVES ME FEELING 1097 70 FIND MYSELF WONDERING 1095 71 LEAVE YOU WONDERING 1028 72 GET THEM GOING 1021 73 SEE MYSELF USING 1021 74 SEE IT GOING 1013 75 SEE THEM DOING 1006 76 KEEPS ME COMING 989 77 SEE THEM COMING 986 78 GET THEM WORKING 982 79 FIND MYSELF LOOKING 966 80 SEE HIM GETTING 953 81 FIND MYSELF WANTING 951 82 FOUND MYSELF WONDERING 941 83 FIND MYSELF DOING 939 84 FIND MYSELF GETTING 937 85 REMEMBER HIM SAYING 886 86 SEEN IT COMING 880 87 FOUND MYSELF USING 864 88 LEFT ME WONDERING 862 89 FIND YOURSELF MAKING 851 90 FIND YOURSELF GOING 843 91 SEE HIM DOING 839 92 KEPT IT GOING 828 93 FIND YOURSELF SAYING 807 94 FOUND MYSELF HAVING 801 95 FIND YOURSELF ASKING 800 96 KEEPS US GOING 799 97 GET THEM THINKING 794 98 FIND MYSELF GOING 782 99 LEFT ME WANTING 781

100 MAKE IT CHALLENGING 774

_VV _N _VVG

*note some incorrectly tagged ‘words’ as nouns:

1 KNOW WHATS GOING 5947
2 THINK IM GOING 4865

3 NEED HELP FINDING 3085

4 SEE WHATS GOING 3082

5 NEED HELP GETTING 2461 6 GET THINGS GOING 2360 7 GET PEOPLE TALKING 2095 8 THINK YOURE GOING 2053 9 GET THINGS MOVING 1852 10 KNOW YOURE GOING 1814 11 KEEP THINGS MOVING 1731 12 UNDERSTAND WHATS GOING 1546 13 KEEP THINGS RUNNING 1402 14 KNOW IM GOING 1266 15 SEE WHATS HAPPENING 1243 16 KNOW WHATS HAPPENING 1155 17 SPEND TIME WORKING 1021 18 KEEP THINGS GOING 1005 19 SPENT TIME WORKING 972 20 HEAR PEOPLE TALKING 941 21 GET THINGS WORKING 815 22 THINK IM GON 803 23 KNOW WHATS COMING 797 24 SPENT YEARS WORKING 780 25 NEED HELP DECIDING 777 26 SPENT YEARS TRYING 776 27 THINK THEYRE GOING 769 28 SPEND TIME LOOKING 767 29 WASTE TIME TRYING 761 30 NEED HELP CHOOSING 754 31 MAKE MONEY SELLING 703 32 SPEND TIME GETTING 696 33 KNOWS WHATS GOING 691 34 GET THINGS ROLLING 689 35 SPEND TIME LEARNING 685 36 NEED HELP FIGURING 654 37 KEEP PEOPLE COMING 648 38 KEEP CUSTOMERS COMING 642

39 SEE PEOPLE USING 637

40 SPEND TIME EXPLORING 614

41 GET PEOPLE THINKING 600 42 HEAR PEOPLE SAYING 599

43 SPENT HOURS TRYING 596

44 SOLVE PROBLEMS INVOLVING 590

45 SPEND TIME TALKING 585 46 SPEND TIME TRYING 582 47 HOPE YOURE ENJOYING 551 48 THINK THATS GOING 544 49 KNOW YOURE GETTING 541 50 SPEND TIME THINKING 541 51 ENSURE YOURE GETTING 531

52 UNDERSTAND WHATS HAPPENING 504

53 MAKE MONEY BLOGGING 491

54 GETS PEOPLE TALKING 479

55 NEED HELP SETTING 467

56 SPENT YEARS STUDYING 467 57 SEE PEOPLE GETTING 466

58 GO GROCERY SHOPPING 464

59 WASTING TIME TRYING 458

60 KNOW THEYRE GOING 451
61 WASTE TIME LOOKING 444

62 GO WHALE WATCHING 423

63 SPEND TIME RESEARCHING 416

64 INFORM DECISION MAKING 409

65 GOT THINGS GOING 404 66 SPEND HOURS TRYING 404 67 KEEPS PEOPLE COMING 403

68 SPEND TIME MAKING 401

69 SUPPORT DECISION MAKING 393

70 GAIN EXPERIENCE WORKING 391

71 SPEND TIME PLAYING 385 72 SOLVE PROBLEMS USING 375 73 WOULDNT MIND SEEING 365 74 USING MACHINE LEARNING 364 75 HELP PEOPLE LIVING 361 76 SEE PEOPLE WEARING 360 77 NEED HELP PAYING 358 78 GOT PEOPLE TALKING 353 79 HEARD PEOPLE TALKING 353 80 SEE WHATS COMING 353 81 SPEND HOURS LOOKING 349 82 SPEND TIME READING 345 83 HELP PEOPLE SUFFERING 344 84 RETURN CALLS SEEKING 339

85 GO HORSEBACK RIDING 336

86 NEED HELP CREATING 333

87 THINK IM GETTING 329 88 MAKE MONEY USING 328 89 NEED HELP MAKING 317 90 KEEPS THINGS MOVING 315

91 GET PEOPLE COMING 310

92 WASTE TIME SEARCHING 309

93 KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING 306 94 SPENT HOURS LOOKING 303

95 GOT OUTPERFORM RATING 300

96 IMPROVE DECISION MAKING 297

97 NEED HELP USING 286 98 BECOME LIFE THREATENING 282 99 SEE PEOPLE TRYING 276

100 KEEP THINGS LOOKING 270

B1 vocabulary:

blogging, challenging, creating, decision, experience, exploring, gain, imagine, inform, involving, regarding, searching, setting, solve, support, waste, wasting, whale, wondering

*But most this vocabulary doesn’t come from meeting the exact grammar definition from the EGP.  Still all these Ngrams are very useful to learn or mark complexity with.

Note at B1 in the EVP:

I do hope we haven’t kept you waiting.

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