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Języki Obce W Szkole n r 5/2008 l i s t o p a d/g r u d z i e ń
(31) The director’s urging me on to take a more
active part in planning new courses. (ODPV)
(32) She was someone whose charm grew on you
very slowly. (CCDPV)
(33) A terrible heat was coming on. (CCDPV)
(34) I hated his music at first, but it grows on you.
(LDOE)
(35) I think I’ve got a cold coming on. (CALD)
(36) The idea is catching on. (CCDPV)
(37) We finally caught on to what was happening.
(PWN)
(38) At long last he has cottoned on to the fact that
I’m not interested in him! (CCDPV)
(39) It slowly dawned on me that something unusual
was happening. (CCDPV)
(40) Garcia was gaining on her opponent throughout
the race, but only overtook her at the very
end. (CALD)
(41) You’ll have to drive faster – they’re gaining on
us. (CCDPV)
(42) The fish closed on the woman and hurtled
past. (CCDPV)
(43) I repeated the last verse several times, hoping
to impress it on my memory. (CCDPV)
(44) I resent it that my job is starting to encroach
on my family life. (CALD)
(45) What the government is proposing encroaches
on the rights of individuals. (CALD)
(46) There was this silence and then my mother
came on. (CCDPV)
(47) The lawyers are waiting on the jury’s verdict.
(CALD)
(48) There was a crowd of schoolkids, all piling on
to the train and trying to grab the best seats.
(CCDPV)
(49) If we want to get in before dark we must push
on. (CCDPV)
(50) „You’ve been driving for a long time – do you
want to stop for a rest?” „No, we’re nearly
there – let’s push on”. (CALD)
(51) You can’t sit on the fence any longer – you
have to decide whose side you’re on. (CALD)
(52) It’s a tricky decision to make and I’d like to
sleep on it. (PWN)
(53) How soon are you figuring on getting married?
(CCDPV)
(54) She laughed – but waited on his response none
the less. (CCDPV)
(55) The troops were planning on attacking Poland
exactly one week later. (CCDPV)
(56) She has staked everything on what will happen
when she gets there. (CCDPV)
(57) That is something which few people would
have been prepared to bet on ten years ago.
(CCDPV)
(58) Wall Street is betting on Britain’s Grand Metropolitan,
which has long wanted to expand
its U.S. holdings. (CCDPV)
(59) Who would have put money on atomic energy
in 1940? (CCDPV)
(60) I wondered what he was going to spring on
me next. (CCDPV)
(61) They can lean on the administration by threatening
to withhold their subscriptions. (CCDPV)
(62) This was far beyond the four figure sum she
had reckoned on. (CCDPV)
(63) You’re rather gambling on it being a nice day
by holding the party in the garden, aren’t you?
(CALD)
(64) He increasingly pinned his hopes on the prospect
of a split in the opposition party. (CCDPV)
Należy pamiętać, że – podobnie jak w przypadku
hang on w schemacie „ablative initial” –
powyższy schemat również zawiera przykłady
graniczne, których interpretacja i przypisanie do
odpowiedniego schematu nie zawsze są jednoznaczne
i w dużej mierze zależą od konkretnego
kontekstu sytuacyjnego oraz użytego czasu gramatycznego
(przykłady te podkreśliłam powyżej).
Jako ciekawostkę podam, że „ablative terminative”
można również zauważyć w niektórych
wyrażeniach idiomatycznych, np.:
(65) You can’t sit on the fence any longer – you
have to decide whose side you’re on. (CALD)
Abessive
Należy wspomnieć o możliwej ekstensji schematu
„ablative – abessive” (‘brak czegoś’, od łacińskiego
abesse ‘być nieobecnym’), który wskazuje
na chwilową przerwę w wykonywaniu opisywanej
czynności lub rozpoczęcie nowej czynności
po przerwie. Schemat ten można zilustrować
następująco:
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