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COME, GO + present participle

The verbs come and go are often used with the present participle to talk about sports or other physical activities:

HAVE, GET + object + present participle

Have/get + object + present participle can mean "persuade someone to do something":

The teacher had the whole class singing Mary Had a Little Lamb.
The boss got the staff working overtime.

Participles in non-finite relative clauses

The present participle in a non-finite relative clause can occur if the preceding noun is the subject of the participle. Present participle clauses correspond to finite relative clauses in the active voice:

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