Identifying Adverb Phrases Identify the adverb phrase in each of the following sentences. Then, write the word that each phrase modifies. 2. His parents searched for him but couldn't find him. 3. He was saved by coyotes, who raised him. 4. He thought for many years that he was a coyote. 5. After a long argument, a cowboy convinced Bill that he was not a coyote. 6. During a drought, Bill dug the bed of the Rio Grande. 7. On one occasion he rode a cyclone. 8. A mountain lion once leaped from a ledge above Bill's head. 9. Bill was always ready for trouble and soon had the mountain lion tamed. adverb 10. Stories like these about Pecos Bill are common in the West.​