Collins Cobuild English Grammar (232 page)

take

list of nouns used after delexical
take
3.42
,
3.45

for duration
4.133

tenses, formation of
R89
–
R123

than
2.106
,
6.35

that

as demonstrative pronoun
1.124
–
1.126

for joining clauses
1.149
,
8.90
–
8.91

as determiner
1.184
,
1.187
–
1.189

for referring back
10.7
–
10.10

that
-clauses

following an adjective
2.53

for reporting speech
7.27
–
7.81

for expressing purpose
8.47
–
8.48

with impersonal
it
9.42
–
9.45

the
1.163
–
1.183

pronouncing
the
1.165

with a noun
1.166

specific places and organizations
1.168

generalizing about people and things
1.169

using adjectives as nouns
1.170

formal generalizations
1.171
–
1.172

with longer noun phrases
1.175

with uncountable nouns
1.179

emphasizing
the
1.181

with indefinite determiners
1.182

with numbers
1.183

with comparatives and superlatives
2.109
,
2.112
–
2.122

with days of the week
4.96

their
1.194
–
1.210

theirs
1.107
–
1.110
,
1.123

them
1.104
–
1.106
,
1.123

themselves
1.111
–
1.118
,
1.123
,
3.26
–
3.31

then

referring back or forward
4.75
,
10.15

in conditional clauses with
if
8.26
,
8.152
,
8.155

there
as subject
3.131
,
9.6
,
9.46
–
9.55

with
be
3.131
,
9.6
,
9.46
–
9.52

saying that something exists
9.46
–
9.47

saying that something happened
9.48

describing something that is happening
9.49

contractions:
there’s
,
there’d
and
there’ll
9.51

with verbs other than
be
9.53

formal and literary uses
9.54
–
9.55

these

as demonstrative pronoun
1.124
,
1.127

as determiner
1.184
,
1.186

informal use
1.193

for referring back
10.7

for referring forward
10.41
–
10.42

they
1.103
,
1.123

this
1.184

as demonstrative pronoun
1.125
–
1.126

as determiner
1.185
–
1.186

informal use
1.193

for referring back
10.7
,
10.9

for referring forward
10.41
–
10.42

those

as demonstrative pronoun
1.124
,
1.127

as determiner
1.187
–
1.191

instead of
the
1.192

for referring back
10.7

though
8.66
,
8.70
–
8.71

as though
8.78
–
8.82

thousand
2.221
–
2.224

thousands
used for emphasis
2.224

time

on time
4.71

at the same time
4.109

every time
and
each time
8.13

by which time
8.21

time

position of time adverbial
4.3

referring to an earlier or a later time
4.21
–
4.25
,
4.71
–
4.73

time adverbials and prepositional phrases
4.70
–
4.112

previously mentioned time
4.75

specific clock times
4.85
–
4.86
,
9.37
–
9.38

clock times
4.86

times of the day
4.87

months, seasons, and dates
4.89

years, decades, and centuries
4.90

in
for periods of time
4.94

in
for specific time
4.95

on
4.97
–
4.98

ordering of
4.99

approximate times
4.100
–
4.102

over
4.106

events that happen at the same time
4.109

time adverbials
4.70
–
4.112

with reference to the present
4.21
–
4.25

with reference to the past
4.40
–
4.51

with reference to the future
4.60
–
4.63

to indicate past, present, or future
4.70

time clauses
8.8
–
8.24

tenses in time clauses
8.9
–
8.12

saying when a situation began
8.19

saying when a situation ends
8.20
–
8.22

time expressions

see also
 
time adverbials

used for modifying nouns
4.143
–
4.144

time reference in reported speech
7.49

titles

of people
1.55
,
9.97
–
9.98

used without names
1.56

used as countable nouns
1.57

of works
3.170

to

after predicative adjectives
2.46

expressing a range of numbers
2.271

list of nouns usually followed by
to
2.287

in prepositional phrase containing indirect object
3.76

in reported speech
7.70
,
7.77

with relative pronoun as indirect object
8.97

to
-infinitive

after adjectives
2.51
–
2.52
,
2.291

after ordinal numbers
2.235

after nouns
2.294
–
2.299

used when commenting
3.148
–
3.154

after verbs
3.192
–
3.194

verbs followed by
for
and a
to
-infinitive
3.209

used with
not
5.58

in reported speech
7.39
–
7.48
,
7.70

showing purpose
8.45
–
8.46
,
3.188
,
3.199
–
3.200

in impersonal
it
structures
9.39
–
9.40

form
R126

too
1.248
,
2.153

transitive verbs
3.3
–
3.4
,
3.14
–
3.45
,
3.123

different types of object
3.15
–
3.16

human objects
3.17
–
3.18

that need to be followed by an adverb or prepositional phrase
3.19
–
3.20

of position and movement
3.21
–
3.23

reflexive verbs
3.26
–
3.31

transitive phrasal verbs
3.91
–
3.92
,
3.101
–
3.106

transitive phrasal verbs with prepositions
3.107
–
3.108

transitive three-word phrasal verbs
3.113
–
3.114

transitive compound verbs
3.123
–
3.124

with an
-ing
participle
3.204

with a
to
-infinitive
3.206

with an infinitive without
to
3.210

linking transitive verbs
8.166

with an object complement
9.21

—————— U ——————

uncertainty
5.137

uncountable nouns
1.23
–
1.33

list of uncountable nouns
1.25
–
1.26

ending in
-s
1.33

uncountable
-ing
nouns
1.78
–
1.79

used with
the
1.179

used with
a
or
an
1.233

undesirable actions
5.150
–
5.151