Example sentences of "to offer [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all British officials of the Egyptian Government I had been dismissed from my university post eighteen months before , and I was glad that the British Council was able to offer me a small post in Athens , instead of piece work in Cairo . |
| 2 | Our endorsement of Tory macro-economic policy , and acceptance that it should aim for no more than monetary stability , meant we were unable to offer them a convincing route to full employment or economic recovery . |
| 3 | But in embattled Eritrea the people are eager to learn and the teachers keen to offer them a new kind of education . |
| 4 | Allow me to offer you a nice fly from my store . ’ |
| 5 | I was most grateful for your hospitality on board ship , and wanted to offer you a small token of my appreciation . ’ |
| 6 | Has a salesperson tried to offer you a free sample in a shop without asking if you smoke first ? |
| 7 | I refer to your recent application and interview and am pleased to offer you the above post in accordance with the undernoted terms and conditions . |
| 8 | The major legal recruiting agencies will all have people on their books who wish to move either firm or area and who may be able to offer you the immediate facility of calling yourselves specialists in a particular field . |
| 9 | He could also afford to offer her a great deal of money for her share in this house , enough to tempt anyone . |
| 10 | The most astonishing aspect of the case was not that she had an understandable desire to disport herself in space , but that under the law as it stands a major general had to offer her an abject apology for the recruiting sergeant showing a welcome piece of common sense . |
| 11 | So , by dint of various enquiries , we managed to locate a house in a more salubrious area , Cardington Road , where the landlady was prepared to offer us a small sitting-room in addition , for an extra guinea a week . |
| 12 | But it is paramount that the soloist be so directly acquainted with the score that he or she is able to offer us a personal interpretation of it ; in a sense , a critical commentary on it . |
| 13 | Q : We paid for our holiday in Paphos , Cyprus , in January , but 36 hours before we were due to leave our tour operator , Saga Holidays , rang to tell us the Roman Hotel in Paphos was double-booked and to offer us the first week at another hotel which was , in our opinion , inferior . |