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Nsujet + used + toviseur -> Base Verbale (BV)

 

 

Nsujet + be / get + usedadjectif + topréposition + N

 

 

séquence passive : be + used

+ toviseur -> BV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nsujet + used + toviseur -> BV

 

contraste passé / présent

 

faire / être quelque chose autrefois,

parfois de façon continue ou régulière,

parfois non,

mais maintenant c'est fini,

on ne peut plus revenir en arrière :

 

I used to love you.

 

I used to be very wealthy.

 

I used to play the violin.

 

I used to be a Christian.

 

 I used to have so much respect for you

 

 I used to be a Superwoman.

 

The girl I used to be.

 

 

 

I want it

how it used to be

[ used + toviseur -> Base Verbale ]

 

Kevon Edmonds, No Love/ Copié 2.2.2005.
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/kevon-edmonds/78091.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nsujet + be + usedadjectif + topréposition + N

 

avoir l'habitude de faire quelque chose

dans le présent

 

Tears on my pillow
Pain in my heart
How could we be broken, broken apart
Let’s not be over, let’s make it right
Don’t take me through this
Another sleepless night
’cause it’s killin’ me
That suddenly I find myself alone
I’ll try to love you better baby
Won’t you come on come on back home



Chorus:


I
’m not used to wakin’ up and being by myself

I’m not used to coming home from work and no one’s there

I’m not used to missin’ anyone

I’m not used to getting no love

I’m not used to havin’ someone never touchin’ me

 

I’m not used to this

[ usedadjectif + topréposition + N ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rick McKee

cartoon

Augusta, Georgia, The Augusta Chronicle

Cagle

20 September 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is mid-afternoon and 13 "housewives"

quietly slip a hefty dose of gin into their camomile tea

while the washing is on. Down the road,

hungover punters are hooked up to oxygen.

In the ballroom, couples are wheeling elegantly in circles

as Lucifire and the Flaming Doo Dits

play "horror swing" cover versions of Christina Aguilera.

Welcome to Lost Vagueness,

a twisted, disorientating and hidden corner of Glastonbury 2004

that defies the claim that the corporate, cleaned-up festival

is not what it used to be.

Viva Lost Vagueness!:
Hidden corner defies claim event is not what it was,
G, 26.6.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jun/26/
glastonbury2004.music

 

 

 

 

 

He has come a long way since his days in Genesis,

when he used toviseur dress up on stage

in outrageous costumes.

Don’t hurry, be happy, GE2, p. 14, 19.9.2002.

 

 

 

 

 

I used toviseur earn a living from my legs.

I worked for a circus, where I rode astride elephants.

All of me, GE2, p. 11, 10.9.2002.

 

 

 

 

 

The BBC used toviseur be really good

but it’s absolute rubbish now.

Roll up, roll up, GE2, p. 7, 21.8.2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nsujet + used + toviseur -> ØBV

 

Ø = éclipse de la Base Verbale

 

 

 

The Guardian        Weekend        p. 8        26 November 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nsujet + be / get + usedadjectif + topréposition + N

 

 

 

Rex Morgan        Woody Wilson and Graham Nolan

Created in 1948 by Nicholas P. Dallis        19.1.2005

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/rmorgan/about.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

use + N

 

(utiliser, se servir de)

 

 

 

The Guardian        p. 1        21 March 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

séquence passive : be + used

+ toviseur -> BV

 

(passif > être utilisé pour...)

 

Observe

how radar was used to map Venus.

 

How did the British use a census?

 

A - It was used to keep families together.

 

B - It was used to calculate taxes.

 

C - It was used to make maps.

 

D - It was used for voting purposes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N-ing

=

forme nominalisée / en fonction nominale.

 

 

 

Cette forme peut être remplacée par un GN / N / pronom.

 

-ing nominalise le verbe et ses compléments.

 

Nominaliser :

transformer un élément,

par exemple un verbe,

en forme nominale.

 

 

Exemple:

You shouldn't smoke.

Smoking kills.

 

 

La  séquence -ing forme un GN complexe

qui pourrait être utilisé comme GN sujet. 

 

 

Par exemple, ci-dessous (1),

le GN complexe pourrait être

le sujet d'un autre énoncé :

Being the less attractive partner + GV...

 

1 -    In her relationship with Blair,

she was always used

topréposition being the less attractive partner

- she was the brains and he was the brawn.

The court of Cherie, GE/GE2, p. 4, 06.12.2002.

 

 

 

 

 


Mothers-to-Be Are Getting the Message

 

February 7, 2011
9:15 pm
The New York Times
By DAVID BORNSTEIN

 

We’re used topréposition hearing about public initiatives

that get mired in politics or entangled in bureaucracy,

but we rarely hear about programs that exceed expectations.

So here’s one: last week marked the one-year anniversary

of a program called text4baby,

a service that sends free text messages to women

who are pregnant or whose babies are less than a year old,

providing them with information, and reminders,

to improve their health and the health of their babies.

Mothers-to-Be Are Getting the Message, NYT, 7.2.2011,
https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/
pregnant-mothers-are-getting-the-message/

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Mansfield is used

topréposition being vilified for his links

topréposition radical causes and his glossy lifestyle.

 

(…) « I’m used topréposition criticism of all kinds. »

The man they love to hate, GE2, p. 4, 17.9.2002,
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/sep/17/
pressandpublishing.broadcasting

 

 

 

 

 

Get used topréposition a better view.

Meet the new Ford fusion.

Taller for a more commanding view.

Tougher to handle life in the city. (...)

tall. tough. the new fordfusion, ad, T, p. 3, 18.10.2002.

 

 

 

 

 

Youre probably used topréposition having people

with disabilities around.

 

 

 

 

 

Genetic screening is here to stay.

So it’s time we got used topréposition it

and began to appreciate the benefits.

Headline, GE, p. 8, 3.9.2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

passif (be + used)

 

be + used + toviseur -> Base Verbale

 

servir à, être utilisé pour

 

 

 

 

Iraq said

the Al Hakum factory was used toviseur produce animal feed.

Finally they admitted it was a weapons plant

and we blew it up.

'Even if Iraq managed to hide these weapons,
what they are now hiding is harmless goo,
GE2, p. 7, 19.9.2002.

 

used est ici le participe passé de use.

 

Le GV est au passé passif (was used).

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Crawford

in rehearsal for "Dance of the Vampires."

Computers are used toviseur program

the complex stage effects in the play.

For Flying Coffins, Smart Lights and Smoke, Just Press 'Go',
NYT/Le Monde, p.6, 20/21.10.2002.

 

Même structure passive qu'à l'énoncé précédent,

mais au présent (are).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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