Collins Cobuild English Grammar (224 page)

as quantity expression with
of
2.179
,
2.182

fewer

as determiner
1.154
,
1.246

as quantity expression with
of
2.189

finite verbs
R89

first
2.232
–
2.239

focus in a sentence, changing
9.1
–
9.68

by changing the subject
3.59

using adverbials
9.7

following
2.232
,
4.107
,
10.43

for

list of nouns usually followed by
for
2.288

introducing indirect object
3.77
,
8.97

with the present perfect
4.34

for length of time
4.125
–
4.129

with
what
in
wh-
questions
5.33

in reason clauses
8.53

after sentence adverbials
9.83

forbidding
5.145

former
and
latter
10.13
–
10.14

fractions
2.210
,
2.240
–
2.248
,
R48

singular fractions
2.241
,
2.242

plural fractions
2.243

agreement with verb
2.244

as pronouns
2.245

expressed in figures
2.248

frequency
4.114
–
4.122

for
and
in
with general or specific time
4.132

from

from … to
expressing a range of numbers
2.271

regular intervals
4.117
–
4.118

prepositional phrases
4.121

in expressions of duration
4.138

expressing distance
6.91

indicating starting point
6.98

list of adverbs that can come after
from
6.99

after certain reporting verbs
7.80

fronting
see
 
putting something first

future continuous
see
 
future time

future possibility
5.132

future time
4.52
–
4.63
,
5.128
–
5.132

will
4.53

general truths
4.54
,
5.118
–
5.119

future progressive
4.55

future perfect
4.56

future perfect progressive
4.57

be going to
4.58

planned events
4.59

present progressive
4.60

modals
will
and
shall
5.108
–
5.132

modal
would
5.113

—————— G ——————

generic pronouns
1.119
–
1.123

gerunds
see
 
-ing
noun

get

with an
-ed
participle with passive meaning
3.201
,
9.24

for showing cause
3.211

with impersonal
it
9.36

give

nouns used with delexical
give
3.43

with two objects
3.73

go

as linking verb
3.157

be going to
to express future time
4.58
,
5.231

be going to
to express intention
5.235

got
see
 
get
and
have got

gradability
2.23
–
2.25

—————— H ——————

habitual actions

expressed by simple present
4.11

expressed by present progressive
4.20

expressed by simple past
5.30

expressed by
would
5.112

expressed by
used to
7.57

had

had better
5.245

in conditional clauses
8.36

half

as predeterminer
1.251
,
2.247

as submodifying adverb
2.147

half of
before pronoun
2.242

hardly

as broad negative
5.80

before a time clause
8.17

have

have got
for showing possession
3.16

nouns that go with delexical
have
3.41

for showing cause
3.211

have got
as main verb in
yes/no
questions
5.14

have not
shortened to
haven’t
5.56

inviting persuasively
5.178
,
5.179

as auxiliary
10.68
,
R84
,
R100
,
R107

inflected forms
R80

have (got) to

have to
and
have got to
for saying how likely something is
5.230

have to
and
have got to
for indicating importance
5.238
,
5.242

have to
in reported speech
7.56

having
and
-ed
participle

for showing results
8.137

he
1.96
,
1.99

used for referring to people in general
1.123

used for referring back to an indefinite pronoun
1.133

her
1.96
,
1.99

as object pronoun
1.104
–
1.106

as possessive determiner
1.194
–
1.222

hers
1.107
–
1.109

herself
1.111
–
1.118
,
3.26
–
3.31

him

as object pronoun
1.104
–
1.106

used for referring to people in general
1.123

used for referring back to an indefinite pronoun
1.133

himself
1.111
–
1.118
,
3.26
–
3.31

his

as possessive pronoun
1.107
–
1.109

as possessive determiner
1.194
–
1.222

hopes and wishes
5.208

how
5.31
,
5.32

in
wh-
questions
5.21
–
5.25

in clauses after some adjectives
9.43

in exclamations
9.93

in rhetorical questions
9.94

however
8.42