Unit 4: Syntax: Appendix: Verbs that occur with 'there'

 

Verbs other than 'be' with nonreferential 'there'
1. Verbs of existence or position: exist, live, dwell, stand, lie, remain etc.
          There exist several alternatives.
          At the edge of the forest there dwelt a troll.

2. Events verbs that describe something happening, developing, or materializing: develop, arise,     appear, emerge, ensue,happen, occur etc.
          There arose a conflict.
          There ensued a dispute.
3. Verbs of motion or direction: come, go, walk, run, fly, approach etc.
          There came three suspicious-looking men down the street.
          Along the river there walked an old woman.
          


 

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