A few verbs, the meanings of which usually have to do with speech, appear only in certain occurrences.

The governing verb - said in the examples above - always appears at the beginning of the sentence.

Active verbs can appear with any of the first three aspects.

In turn, the types of constructions in which a verb may appear owe much to its meaning.

In many languages the verb takes a third person singular inflection and often appears with an expletive subject.

Some verbs appear to lack a verbal noun entirely.

The verb will appear in headlines frequently when the accused fragger comes to trial.

This verb appears to be in the preterite case, indicating past action.

The main verb usually appears in conjunctive participial (sometimes zero) form.

The verb generally appears at the end of the sentence.