Chapter 1 Simple Patterns 1
Sections 1
1 V 1
2 V n 14
3 V pl-n 59
4 V pron-refl 62
5 V amount 68
6 V adj 74
7 V -ing 80
8 V to-inf 87
9 V inf 96
10 V that 97
11 V wh 105
12 V wh-to-inf 110
13 V with quote 113
14 V so/not 119
15 V as if,V as though 121
16 V and v 122
Chapter 2 Simple Patterns with Prepositions and adverbs 125
1 V prep/adv,V adv/prep 125
2 V adv 136
3 pl-n V together 139
4 V prep 141
5 V about n 145
6 V across n 150
7 V after n 151
8 V against n 153
9 V around/round n 156
10 V as adj 158
11 V as n 159
12 V as to wh 162
13 V at n 163
14 V between pl-n 171
15 V by amount 173
16 V by -ing 174
17 V for n 176
18 V from n 186
19 V in n 194
20 V in favour of n 201
21 V in to n 203
22 V like n 209
23 V of n 211
24 V off n 214
25 V on n 215
26 V on to n,V onto n 230
27 V out of n 231
28 V over n 234
29 V through n 239
30 V to n 241
31 V towards/toward n 256
32 V under n 258
33 V with n 259
34 Less frequent patterns 270
Chapter 3 Complex Patterns 272
Sections 272
1 V n n 272
2 V n adj 280
3 V n -ing 286
4 V n to-inf 290
5 V n inf 297
6 V n that 299
7 V n wh 300
8 V n wh-to-inf 301
9 V n with quote 302
10 V n-ed 305
Chapter 4 Complex Patterns with Prepositions and Adverbs 310
Sections 310
1 V n prep/adv,V n adv/prep 310
2 V n with adv 326
3 V pl-n with together 328
4 V way prep/adv 330
5 V n about n 338
6 V n against n 342
7 V n as adj 346
8 V n as n 348
9 V n as to wh 355
10 V n at n 356
11 V n between/among pl-n 361
12 V n by n 363
13 V n for n 366
14 V n from n 374
15 V n in n 381
16 V n into n 389
17 V n into-ing 396
18 V n of n 399
19 V n off n 401
20 V n on n 403
21 V n onto n,V n on to n 410
22 V n out of n 412
23 V n over n 416
24 V n to n 417
25 V n towards/toward n 434
26 V n with n 435
27 Less frequent patterns 448
Chapter 5 Link Verbs 450
Chapter 6 Reciprocal Verbs 455
Chapter 7 Ergative Verbs 474
Chapter 8 Ergative Reciprocal Verbs 510
Chapter 9 Patterns with it 518
Sections 518
1 Introductory it as Subject 518
2 Introductory it as Object 542
3 General it as Subject 551
4 General it as Object 553
Chapter 10 Patterns with there 561
Chapter 11 Auxiliaries,Modals,and Phrasal Modals 565
Sections 565
1 Auxiliaries 565
2 Modals 570
3 Phrasal modals 573
Chapter 12 Combinations of Patterns 576
Appendix:Different forms of a pattern 611
Meaning Finder 616
Structure Finder 623
Pattern Finder 625
Verb Index 631