"We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
"Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
"raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
"this remark evoked sadness"
"I aim to arrive at noon"
"he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
"The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
"He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"; "The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"