Locate the complete verbal phrase and identify its use.

More than anything, he wanted to win the poetry contest.

In this statement, the verbal phrase is located after the comma (wanted to win) Verbal phrases can be the predicate of the sentence or the clause. Sometimes, the verbal phrase can work as an adjective or as an adverb. In this sentence, he wanted to win is the verbal phrase and it is working as the predicate. Making strong emphasis than more than anything else, the poetry contest was his or her passion.