VERB + OBJECT + PARTICLE + PREPOSITION + OBJECT – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, C2 point 62 in the category of VERBS is defined as:

direct object with some prepositional verbs as well as an object of the preposition.

*As with other phrasal verb grammar points, this one is also best dealt with through the EVP.  

For example, here is C2 grammar and C2 idiom:

If you knew Gino, 

he lived it up over the top.

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We begin our search in iWeb with:

_V _P _RP _I

1 BRING IT BACK TO 6381

Fill this out and bring it back to me.

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2 PUT IT BACK IN 5880 3 PASS IT ON TO 4999 4 TAKE YOU BACK TO 4948 5 BRINGS US BACK TO 4531 6 LEAVE IT ON FOR 4517 7 SEND IT BACK TO 4162

8 HELP YOU OUT WITH 3977

My boss can help you out with that.

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9 SET YOU UP FOR 3861 10 MAKE IT BACK TO 3808 11 BREAK IT DOWN INTO 3736 12 CHECK IT OUT FOR 3719 13 PUT IT BACK ON 3681 14 NARROWED IT DOWN TO 3619

15 SET YOURSELF UP FOR 3585

16 LET YOU IN ON 3583

In his highly approachable and hilarious book Dreyers English,

Benjamin Dreyer writes: I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I hate grammar.

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17 TAKE IT BACK TO 3516 18 HELP ME OUT WITH 3361 19 TRY IT OUT FOR 3345 20 BRING THEM BACK TO 3259 21 GET IT OVER WITH 3234 22 TURN IT BACK ON 3128 23 TOP IT OFF WITH 2946 24 BRINGS ME BACK TO 2926 25 SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR 2868 26 MADE IT BACK TO 2843 27 CHECK IT OUT AT 2685 28 GET IT BACK TO 2643 29 GET YOU BACK ON 2629 30 FOLLOW IT UP WITH 2568 31 BRING YOU BACK TO 2545 32 SET YOU UP WITH 2541 33 TAKES ME BACK TO 2493 34 MIX IT UP WITH 2453 35 PUT THEM BACK IN 2435 36 SET IT UP FOR 2426

37 CHECK IT OUT ON 2425

38 TAKES US BACK TO 2392

Clarity of communication enabled by grammar empowers us. Which takes us back to the woke warriors with their own approach to empowerment.

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39 FOLLOWED IT UP WITH 2374 40 PUT IT DOWN TO 2315 41 TAKES YOU BACK TO 2275 42 GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO 2230 43 FILL IT UP WITH 2207 44 TAKE IT OUT ON 2182 45 FILL YOU IN ON 2172 46 SET IT UP IN 2137 47 GIVE IT BACK TO 1983 48 BACK IT UP WITH 1940 49 BROUGHT ME BACK TO 1896 50 CHECK IT OUT IN 1850 51 HOLDING YOU BACK FROM 1798 52 PICK IT UP AT 1789 53 LOOK IT UP ON 1786 54 TRY IT OUT ON 1772 55 HOOK YOU UP WITH 1771 56 BATTLE IT OUT FOR 1725 57 TOOK IT BACK TO 1708 58 HELP YOU OUT IN 1701 59 BRING HIM BACK TO 1685 60 GET YOU BACK TO 1667 61 TOOK ME BACK TO 1661 62 SET THEM UP FOR 1623 63 BROUGHT IT BACK TO 1612 64 TAKE US BACK TO 1594 65 PASSED IT ON TO 1581 66 TAKE YOU UP ON 1578 67 PICK YOU UP AT 1543 68 WASH IT OFF WITH 1542 69 BREAK IT DOWN FOR 1523 70 NARROW IT DOWN TO 1504 71 BREAK IT UP INTO 1492 72 SEND THEM BACK TO 1492 73 MAKE IT OUT TO 1460 74 PUT IT BACK INTO 1443 75 TAKE IT UP WITH 1435 76 FINISH IT OFF WITH 1427 77 MADE IT THROUGH TO 1426 78 PUT IT UP ON 1420 79 PICK IT UP FROM 1406 80 PASS IT ALONG TO 1397 81 TAKE ME BACK TO 1397 82 LOOK IT UP IN 1394 83 MAKE IT THROUGH TO 1386 84 DROP IT OFF AT 1380 85 FIGURE IT OUT ON 1372 86 TURN IT OVER TO 1365 87 GET IT DOWN TO 1353 88 BRINGING IT BACK TO 1320 89 PUT THEM BACK ON 1317 90 PICK IT UP IN 1315 91 PICK THEM UP AT 1315 92 TAKE THEM BACK TO 1269 93 CUT IT DOWN TO 1257 94 GET IT BACK IN 1257 95 CHECK THEM OUT ON 1242 96 PLUG IT BACK IN 1240 97 PICK YOU UP FROM 1232 98 DRESS IT UP WITH 1216 99 FIGURE IT OUT FOR 1214

100 ARE YOU UP FOR 1209

A search in COCA for:

_VV _A _N _RP _I

*There are many idiomatic phrases here!

1 KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR 738 2 TAKE A LOOK BACK AT 163 3 TURNED HIS ATTENTION BACK TO 139 4 KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR 136 5 GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT 123 6 GET THE WORD OUT TO 105 7 THROW THE BABY OUT WITH 96 8 MADE HIS WAY BACK TO 94 9 TAKE A STEP BACK FROM 87 10 FIND THEIR WAY BACK TO 84 11 TAKE MY HAT OFF TO 84 12 TURNED HER ATTENTION BACK TO 72 13 PULL THE RUG OUT FROM 71 14 GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO 66 15 FIND MY WAY BACK TO 62 16 WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM 56 17 GET THE ECONOMY BACK ON 54 18 MADE HER WAY BACK TO 53 19 FIND HIS WAY BACK TO 51 20 MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO 51 21 MADE MY WAY BACK TO 50 22 GET A LOT OUT OF 47 23 GET YOUR ASS BACK IN 46 24 PULLED THE RUG OUT FROM 44 25 MADE HIS WAY OVER TO 43 26 MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO 43 27 THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH 43 28 TOOK A STEP BACK FROM 43 29 GET A LEG UP ON 42 30 FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO 41 31 FIND A WAY BACK TO 40 32 SENT THE CASE BACK TO 40 33 KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR 39 34 PUT THE GENIE BACK IN 39 35 FIND HER WAY BACK TO 38 36 GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT 38 37 KEPT AN EYE OUT FOR 36 38 PUT HIS FEET UP ON 35 39 MAKES HIS WAY OVER TO 33 40 TURNED THE BALL OVER ON 33 41 FIND OUR WAY BACK TO 32 42 FOUND HIS WAY BACK TO 31 43 MAKES HIS WAY BACK TO 31 44 STUCK HER TONGUE OUT AT 31 45 KEEP AN EYE OUT ON 30 46 SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT 30 47 TURN THE CLOCK BACK TO 30 48 TURNS HIS ATTENTION BACK TO 28 49 WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT WITH 28 50 WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH 28 51 GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO 27 52 GIVE THE MONEY BACK TO 26 53 MADE MY WAY OVER TO 26 54 MAKE HIS WAY BACK TO 26 55 MAKE OUR WAY BACK TO 25 56 PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM 25 57 PUT A CALL IN TO 25 58 PUT HER HEAD DOWN ON 25 59 GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON 24 60 KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR 24 61 GIVE THE BABY UP FOR 23 62 MADE HER WAY OVER TO 23 63 MAKE MY WAY BACK TO 23 64 PULLS THE RUG OUT FROM 23 65 TAKE A LOT OUT OF 23 66 TAKING A LOOK BACK AT 23 67 LEANED HER HEAD BACK AGAINST 22 68 FOUND MY WAY BACK TO 21 69 GIVE THE CHILD UP FOR 21 70 MAKING HIS WAY BACK TO 21 71 GET A CALLER IN ON 20 72 GET THE COUNTRY BACK ON 20 73 GET MY LIFE BACK ON 20 74 KEEP THE LIGHTS ON IN 20 75 PUT HIS HEAD DOWN ON 20 76 TAKE A STEP BACK IN 20 77 TOOK A YEAR OFF FROM 20 78 TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON 20 79 TURNING HIS ATTENTION BACK TO 20 80 GET OUR COUNTRY BACK ON 19 81 MADE OUR WAY BACK TO 19 82 FOUND HER WAY BACK TO 18 83 DROP THE KIDS OFF AT 18 84 FIND A WAY BACK INTO 18 85 KEEPS AN EYE OUT FOR 18 86 TAKE A DAY OFF FROM 18 87 TURN THEIR NOSES UP AT 18 88 TURNED MY ATTENTION BACK TO 18 89 FIND ITS WAY BACK TO 17 90 PUT HER FEET UP ON 17 91 TAKING A STEP BACK FROM 17 92 WORKED HIS WAY BACK TO 17 93 WORKING HIS WAY BACK FROM 17 94 GET HIS LIFE BACK ON 16 95 GETTING THE ECONOMY BACK ON 16 96 GETTING THE WORD OUT TO 16 97 GOT THE BALL BACK WITH 16 98 GOT THE RESULTS BACK FROM 16 99 LED THE WAY BACK TO 16

100 PUSHED HIS CHAIR BACK FROM 16