At Large means that someone wanted cannot be found. This expression usually refers to criminals who haven't been arrested. Many English students are accomplices [1] to these criminals, because the subjects are missing [2] from their sentences. Unlike their native languages, where the verbs often contain the subject, English verbs do not. So it's necessary to include the subject in phrases where there is a verb.
The only time you don't use a subject in English is in the imperative tense.
For example, you can’t say:
__ Go to their beach house on weekends.
We don’t know who you are talking about.
They go to their beach house on weekends.
So you have to use a noun or pronoun as a subject before verbs.
__ happens a lot, especially with the pronoun it. Just because it is a thing, that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t deserve our respect.
A subject is not necessary before every verb in a series of verbs in the same phrase:
I get up at 7, __ have a shower, __ get dressed up and __have breakfast.
But when you have a new phrase, you need a new subject.
Even if the subject is the same:
When I get up, __ have breakfast and brush my teeth.
When I get up, I have breakfast and brush my teeth.
And especially if the subject is different:
I bought a house in the country, and __ has a swimming pool.
I bought a house in the country, and it has a swimming pool.
Above, it substitutes the house.
The only time you don't use a subject in English is in the imperative tense.
Use a subject in English!
Don't forget to use a subject in English!
[1] cómplices, [2] desaparecido
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