1) Search for "continue *ing" and "continue to" in the corpus. Which of the two occurs most commonly in the corpus?
"continue" followed by -ing
"continue" followed by the to-infinitive
they are equally common (same number of occurrences)

2) Based on the corpus results in Question (1) do the constructions ("continue *ing" and "continue to") differ significantly in meaning?
yes
no
yes, but only informal contexts

3) Based on the corpus results which of the following expressions has the meaning "det begynte å regne"?
It started raining
It started to rain
both

4) Based on the corpus results do you "bother going" somewhere or do you "bother to go" somewhere?
bother going
bother to go
either

5) Search for "hope* *ing" and "hope* to" in the corpus; which of the following statements is true?
the verb "hope" is typically followed by a verb ending in -ing
the verb "hope" is typically followed by the to-infinitive
the verb "hope" is typically followed by the the preposition "to" and -ing

6) The verb "start" is typically followed by a verb in -ing, but does it apply to all its forms? (Search for "start* *ing" (or all verb forms separately))
no, "started" has not been followed by a verb ending in -ing in the corpus
no, "starting" has not been followed by a verb ending in -ing in the corpus
no, "starts" has not been followed by a verb ending in -ing in the corpus

7) According to the corpus results, which of the following verbs are typically followed by -ing? (Search strings: "VERB* *ing)
afford, learn, fancy
postpone, deny, imagine
forget, refuse, fail

8) According to the corpus results, which of the following verbs are typically followed by the to-infinitive? (Search strings: "VERB* to)
manage, risk, avoid
intend, consider, finish
deserve, offer, forget