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a. Angela offered the job to her former rival.
b. Angela offered Archie the job.
c. We left for Austin in the morning.
d. In the morning, we left San Antonio for Austin.
e. Your proposal seems quite reasonable.
f. Eat this, if you dare.
Complex VPs: combinations of functions
Though we have illustrated separately each of the functions accompanying
the verb head, the options in the formula stated at the beginning of this sec-
tion allow for more than one function to appear with the verb. Consider, for
example, the sentences in (74).
(74) a. She has been speaking for three hours.
(auxiliaries + head + PP-modifier)
b. Scott offered Zelda a ride since her car was out of gas.
(head + indirect object + direct object + adverbial clause
modifier)
c. Hortense never becomes angry.
(adverb phrase + head + AP-subject complement)
d. The remains will be shipped to Cleveland on Wednesday.
(auxiliaries + head + PP-modifier + PP-modifier)references and resources
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