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Sentence Locality Time Structure Phrases Adverbial Adjunct Beginning

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Locality or time phrases are often used as the adverbial adjunct at the beginning of a sentence

晚上八点来了一位客人
学校旁边造了一座桥

The predictive word is often followed by the aspectual particle 了,着, 过 the complementation of direction or result

教室里坐着很多人
他的田里已经长满了草
看台上还扔下了不少塑料瓶子

The object of the verb is normally infinite

这里住过一位将军 (general)
从树林里跑出来一只兔子

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