Example sentences of "had be offered [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the third ‘ Carry On ’ , the cast had been offered a profit-sharing scheme — and had all turned it down on the advice of their agents , who thought they would be better off getting increased salaries . |
| 2 | In the same way , he has been able to shrug off his failure to retain Frankie Dettori , who had been offered a lucrative sum to ride the Manton horses for the owner . |
| 3 | A man called Harrs had been offered a shadowy role as Exterior Liaison Officer , and Mr Malik was always talking of ‘ finding something ’ for Maisie . |
| 4 | Doctor Bailey , as a young man , had been offered the major part of the next door garden by the Admiral 's predecessor . |
| 5 | Galliéni , who was senior to Joffre , had been offered the supreme command , a post he turned down on the grounds that all his experience had been as a colonial soldier and administrator . |
| 6 | This year , he had been offered the same opportunity , but at twice the price . |
| 7 | Like his brothers Richard agreed to accept rather less than he had been offered the previous autumn : half the revenues of Aquitaine , but this time only two residences , and apparently unfortified ones . |