English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'example'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 8 January 2025
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Summary
Examples are versions of something that are typical and can help us understand something. There are some words that we often use with 'example'. These are called collocations. Learn some of the verbs that we often use with the noun 'example' with Phil in this podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC Learning English.com. |
| 0:04.6 | Let me give you some examples of verbs to use with example. We give an example or provide |
| 0:11.7 | an example if we tell it to someone or put it in our writing. I'll give you an example of |
| 0:17.1 | why I'm annoyed. I can provide you with some examples of my work, so you can see what I can do. |
| 0:23.0 | You might be trying to find examples that show something's true when you're doing research. |
| 0:28.6 | You can take something as an example when you think it shows something. |
| 0:32.6 | I found many examples of this problem in the data. |
| 0:36.6 | We can take this song as an example of traditional music. |
| 0:39.3 | We often include examples in an argument. |
| 0:43.3 | When you cite examples, you say that they support your argument. |
| 0:47.3 | Drawing from examples means using examples to make an argument. |
| 0:52.3 | I've included examples of waste. I can cite all of them to show |
| 0:56.5 | why we're losing money. I've drawn from a range of examples to show why this is a problem. |
| 1:02.5 | We've provided some examples of verbs to use with example. Have you found any others? |
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