~のを + verb (nominalized object)

grammar

12 sentences

The pattern [verb-phrase]+のを+[verb], where の nominalizes the embedded clause to function as the direct object of the matrix verb. 行くのを嫌がる ('dislikes [the act of] going'), 行くのをやめる ('quit going'), 食べるのを忘れた ('forgot to eat'), ~のを見る ('see X-ing'), 走っているのを見る ('see someone running'), ~のを感じる ('feel X happening'). Common with verbs of perception (見る, 聞く, 感じる, 気づく), feeling (嫌がる), cognition, completion, and refusal (やめる, 忘れる). の (vs こと) tends to be preferred for sensory-feeling and reluctance verbs.

12 sentences

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When she realized mother wasn't angry, her eyes lit up with joy.

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I remember mother holding me tightly.

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She doesn't like going to school.

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She felt something touch her neck.

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She is ashamed to tell the story to anyone else.

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Afraid of meeting that man, she went into hiding.

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She refused to go with me.

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She's reluctant to get married.

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I think she's holding off on giving the police any information.

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She refused to talk about what had happened.

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She saw that there were several books on top of the piano.

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She refused to talk about it any further.

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