The verb phrase is just the verb "were," because "exciting" is a gerund used as a subject complement.
The verb phrase in the sentence is "are the cripple on the corner."
extrapolate is an exciting verb. It's hard to extrapolate with little or no data.
The verb phrase in this sentence is "were getting"
The verb is "play" and the verb phrase is "can play."
might have gone
"Can override" is the verb phrase in that sentence.
In the sentence "He has always thought about his future," the verb phrase is "has always thought." While "thought" is the verb, a verb phrase includes words that may affect the tense of the verb.
A verb phrase is the verb and its dependents (objects, complements, and other modifiers), but not the subject or its dependents.The verb phrase in the sentence is "would like to see first."The subject of the sentence is the noun phrase "which area."
The verb phrase is will be.
The verb phrase is will be.
Had
verb or verb phrase