Could've been nervous and sat back
"The most pleasing thing was that at 2-1 we could've been nervous and sat back on it but we didn't. We took that third chance and was a very big goal that releases any pressure we could've been under at the end." (BBC football report.)
Is "sat back" a past participle and the main verb in the implied verb phrase "[could've been] sat back" in the comment above?
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"sat" is a past participle and the main verb in that phrase. However, the implied phrase is "we could've sat back" not "we could've been sat back".
- "sat" is a past participle and the main verb in that phrase.
- However, the implied phrase is "we could've sat back" not "we could've been sat back".
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"sat" is a past participle and the main verb in that phrase. However, the implied phrase is "we could've sat back" not "we could've been sat back".
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