Cause_to_be_dry : other_cos-45.4












[11 : Something ----s something ]
[1 : Something ----s ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]



NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) NP (Time)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) PP[for] (Duration)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[for] (Duration) PP[in] (Instrument)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Duration) PP[at] (Temperature)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Instrument)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[with] (Instrument) AVP (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[under] (Instrument) 2nd (Place)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Manner)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) AVP (Manner)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Manner) PPing[after] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) AVP (Manner) PPing[before] (Time)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Means)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[in] (Means)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) 2nd (Means) PP[by] (Place)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Means) VPto (Purpose)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[in] (Place)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[for] (Purpose)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[between] (Subregion)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) AVP (Time)
NP (Cause) V () NP (Dryee) PP[in] (Duration)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) AVP (Duration)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) PP[on] (Place) Sub (Time)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[in] (Place) AVP (Time)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) Sub (Duration)
NP (Cause) V () AVP (Degree) NP (Dryee)
NP (Cause) V () NP (Dryee) AVP (Means)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Instrument) AVP (Time)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) PP[in] (Instrument) PPing[after] (Time) PPing[before] (Time)
NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Means) PPing[before] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () NP.patient (Patient) NP (Cause) V () NP (Dryee)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee)
NP (Patient) V () ADV-Middle ()
NP (Patient) V () NP (Result) ADJ ()
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.instrument[with] (Instrument) NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[with] (Instrument)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Dryee) PP[on] (Instrument)
NP.instrument (Instrument) V () NP (Patient)
NP.patient (Patient) V () NP (Dryee) V () CNI (Agent)


Examples from WordNet


Air linen
The laundry dries in the sun
dry clothes
dry hair
The sun parched the earth



Examples from VerbNet


The clothes dried wrinkled.
The clothes dried.
Bill dried the clothes with a hairdryer.
The hairdryer dried the clothes.
The cotton clothes dried easily.
Bill dried the clothes.



Examples from SemCor


When the cloth dried and stiffened, he saw what adjustments had to be made.
The dust clogged their throats, and the heat parched them, so that the women were always making ice_water.
After drying the sections under the fan, fixing in acetone, and drying at 37` as in the indirect method, the sections were treated with conjugated** f or** f( undiluted unless mentioned otherwise) for 5- 30_minutes.
A very fine, gray solid( about 15 g) is formed, water-washed by centrifugation, and dried at 110` C.
Set aside to dry thoroughly.
The sections were fixed in acetone for 15_minutes and dried at 37` for 30_minutes.
Then I dry the sheet under mild pressure so that it will lie flat as a board.
Place jar on plaster board with lid in_place to dry slowly.
Put cut pieces on plaster board to dry to firm leather-hard state.
At the end of the run, the strips in the third and sixth positions in each chamber were dried, stained for 1 hr, washed and dried, while the other strips were maintained in a horizontal position at 1` C.
Let all projects dry slowly for several days.
Set aside to dry with lid on sugar_bowl.
`` He 's got this idea about drying_out''.
Juanita and Mrs._Tussle kept Kate in bed a week until her milk dried.
I also use a small electric hand_blower to dry large washes in the studio.
She leaned unconcerned against the broken porch fence, brushing and drying her wet, gilded hair in the sun.
It was spoiled now for seed, and it would sour and mold in three days if they failed to find a place and fuel to dry it.
And after a while, he dried his tears and walked the deck as a captain with assurance and dignity.
Leave the clay on plaster board to dry slowly, covered lightly with a loose piece of plastic or cloth to prevent warping.
The sections were then thawed by placing a finger under the slide and dried under a fan for 30_minutes; until used they were stored for as_long_as 2 weeks.
Instructions for preparing clay, drying, glazing and firing are not given.
The burning air dried his sweat soaked clothes in salt edged patches.
Even before the benches had dried, the Civil_War veterans were straggling back to their places.
It 's dryin' myself out that does_it''.