Keep plus object plus ING
Could you please give some natural examples of this pattern? Is it used in passive?The one I think of -I kept them waiting/ The were kept wating. Any other verbs used instead of wait in this pattern?
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1) kept them ______ waiting, guessing, wondering, going, coming, running, rolling, jumping, standing, laughing The farther down the list they are, the less common they are. 2) were kept ______ waiting, guessing, wondering The others are possible, but not as natural in the passive. kept them ______ also allows the past participle: separated, occupied, inflated, covered, closed, motivated, ...
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1) kept them ______
waiting, guessing, wondering, going, coming, running, rolling, jumping, standing, laughing
The farther down the list they are, the less common they are.
2) were kept ______
waiting, guessing, wondering
The others are possible, but not as natural in the passive.
kept them ______ also allows the
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