the next paragraph :)
And thank you soooo much for helping me!
Now we wanted to answer the research questions. We will have a closer look to the complements and try to find answers why which verb takes which complement.
The verb to smell took mostly Noun Phrases ( [1] 34 times). Nine times we found an Adjective Phrase [2], four times a Prepositional Phrase [3] and one time a wh-clause complement [4], a ing-participle clause [5] and we find it also one time without an complement [6].
We did not found the verb to smell with that- clause complement in the BNC but nevertheless you can use the verb to smell with one [7].
[1] I could smell smoke and hear the most terrible screams.
[2] But the Recycling Rose does not always smell sweet [...]
[3] […] she was afraid her new dress might soon smell of sweat like the old one.
[4] […] so that you can experience in sight, sound and smell exactly what it was like to live and work in
[5] You could smell rubber burning.
[6] Mind you, he doesn't smell -- he must have got somewhere he can go for a bath at least once.
[7] I smell that you are baking a cake.
Now we wanted to answer the research questions. We will have a closer look at the complements and try to find answers as to why which verb takes which complement.
The verb to smell took mostly Noun Phrases ( [1] 34 times). Nine times we found an Adjective Phrase [2], four times a Prepositional Phrase [3] and one time a wh-clause complement [4], a ing-participle clause [5], and we find it also one time without a complement [6].
We did not find the verb to smell with that-clause complement in the BNC, but nevertheless you can use the verb to smell with one [7].
[1] I could smell smoke and hear the most terrible screams.
[2] But the Recycling Rose does not always smell sweet [...]
[3] […] she was afraid her new dress might soon smell of sweat like the old one.
[4] […] so that you can experience in sight, sound, and smell exactly what it was like to live and work in
[5] You could smell rubber burning.
[6] Mind you, he doesn't smell; he must have had a bath at least once.
[7] I smell that you are baking a cake.
I've made some corrections. Be sure to compare yours and mine VERY carefully to catch them.
The only error in content I find is that in your 4th example, the word "smell" is used as a noun, not as a verb. I'd remove that example since it has nothing to do with verbs and complements.
Thanks :) and the next
The verb to look took most frequently a Prepositional Phrase namely 38 times [1], it took ten times an adjective Phrase [2] and it was found one time with a that clause without that complement [3] and also one time without a complement [4]. The word look was often used as a noun in the example sentences of the BNC.
[1] I look after her madam!
[2] [...] I think I never saw her look better in my life.
[3] Very well. Follow that lord, and look you mock him not.
[4] Oh. I didn't look.
The verb to look most frequently took a Prepositional Phrase, namely 38 times [1]; it took an adjective Phrase ten times [2]; it was found one time with a that clause without that complement [3]; and one time without a complement [4]. The word look was often used as a noun in the example sentences of the BNC.
[1] I look after her, madam!
[2] [...] I think I never saw her look better in my life.
[3] Very well. Follow that lord, and look you mock him not.
[4] Oh. I didn't look.
I don't understand what you mean in the section I underlined.
Again, I made some corrections, so compare yours and mine carefully.
I also put to look and look in italics ... which I forgot to do in your first post above. Remember that when you refer to a word as a word, not using it in its meaning, it needs to be in italics.
Also ... "prepositional phrase" and "phrase" should not have initial capital letters.
I do have it in italics in my word text programm. But thanks for remeber me.
With the sentence I mean that I found to look one time with a that clause where the that does not occur. So we call them that without that - clause complement.
Do you understand it now?
OK, you're referring to a that-clause in which the actual word that is absent (or assumed or understood, even though it doesn't appear in print). That happens a lot in spoken and sometimes in written English, yes.
exactly that is what I meant. So can it stand the way I wrote it?
next paragraph:
The verb to see took that most different complements. We found 7 different complements, and see was never used as a noun in the example sentences of the BNC.
The verb to see took 34 times a Noun Phrase like the verb to smell did. To see took two times a prepositional phrase [2]. It was the verb that took the most subordinate clause complements (that clause without that [3] three times, that clause [4] seven times, wh - clause [5] two times, ing - participle clause [6] one time and also one time an if - clause [7].
[1] I'll see you later.
[2] We tried to see into it, and wondered what horrible thing would appear
[3] You see as great as her spirit is, she can't bear that.
[4] Helen could see that Carl's face was very white and there was blood on his mouth
[5] I don't see why we have to be so careful?'
[6] She looked up, to see him smiling at her.
[7] The list of journals was examined by date of publication, to see if there were any trends in journals [...]
I would change it a little bit:
it was found one time with a that-clause in which the word that was absent, but understood [3]