V adv

The verb is followed by an adverb group.This pattern has one structure:

Verb with Adjunct

They did well.

V adv

	Verb group	adverb group
Subject	Verb	Adjunct	Adjunct (optional)
She	is doing	well	at school.
My skin	was peeling	off.

Most verbs can be followed by adverbs of manner or place. When information about manner or place is not essential, the adverb group is not part of the pattern. The verbs dealt with below are ones which are always or typically followed by a particular adverb or small group of adverbs.Many verbs which can be followed by an adverb group can also be followed by a range of prepositions. These verbs are dealt with in Section 1 above. Verbs which can also be followed by one or two specific prepositions are dealt with in the sections on verbs followed by individual prepositions (Sections 5 to 33 below), as well as in this section.Verbs with the pattern V adv belong to the following meaning groups:The 'do well' group The 'clean' group The 'bruise' group The 'scare' group The 'swing' group The 'get somewhere' group The 'phone' group Verbs with other meanings Structure information Other related patterns

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