Example sentences of "[prep] [be] offered [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mitchell , a first team regular last season , is joining Izmir after being offered a deal which was too good to turn down . |
| 2 | A YOUNG mother has hit out after being offered a council house with a garden which she claims is in a dangerous state . |
| 3 | In these circumstances , they tend to be in desperate need and thus have little power , so are frequently offered the worst properties with little possibility of being offered a better property on refusal . |
| 4 | The film people wanted to shoot in the local pub , but the landlord refused them permission , explaining that he did not want to inconvenience his regular customers , despite being offered a tidy sum as recompense . |
| 5 | One reason for the length of the audience was , It think , that he found some comfort in being offered a number of more or less obvious platitudes , regarding the transitory nature of the present political muddle . |
| 6 | The final breach grew from Southey 's good fortune in being offered an annuity of £160 during the summer of 1795 . |
| 7 | How many times on a visit to families in the neighbourhood , before being offered a cup of tea , had we been taken around a house — ‘ The grand tour again , ’ sighed Dad — to admire knocked-through rooms , cunning cupboards and bunkbeds , showers , coal bunkers and greenhouses . |
| 8 | Baird then returned to the mainland after two years to work as sous chef under Brian Baker at Hambleton Hall , Leicestershire , before being offered the head chef 's job at Longueville himself 12 months later . |
| 9 | Kerr took Lisburn Rangers to the Division II A Amateur League championship and the semi-final of the Co Antrim Shield during the 1991/92 season before being offered the job at Crewe . |
| 10 | Application for a grant should be made at the same time as the application for an audition in order that you can be sure of your position should you be fortunate enough to be offered a place . |
| 11 | In this situation , you may only need to wave your tape under the right A&R person 's nose to be offered a recording contract . |
| 12 | It is by no means unheard of for a band to be offered a deal on nothing more than a ‘ concept ’ . |
| 13 | Meredith claimed he had offered the bribe on behalf of the manager and that the players were to be offered a team bonus of £100 if they won the League . |
| 14 | With parliamentary life now dominated by machines rather than individuals , the back benches are packed with men and women whose only hope is to be offered a job in the Whips ' Office or a junior ministerial brief . |
| 15 | When Captain Pugwash retires from active piracy he is amazed and delighted to be offered a Huge Reward for what seems to be a simple task . |
| 16 | When we first began to meet and talk in 1963 , he was expecting to be offered a Cabinet post in education if Labour won and he could keep in step for long enough . |
| 17 | A first-class chief was to be offered a carpet , rather than a rug , to sit on , and the Resident was to rise both to receive him and to dismiss him . |
| 18 | Let's suppose you want to be offered a challenging new job . |
| 19 | He was disappointed not to be offered a place at RADA . |
| 20 | In mid-October , 15,000 first-class passengers on InterCity Pullman trains were surprised to be offered a special edition of The Firm , John Grisham 's tale of organised crime . |
| 21 | She was the only player from almost 100 who were screened to be offered a place on the squad . |
| 22 | If you want money for a specific purchase , you are more likely to be offered a personal loan . |
| 23 | If you obtain pupillage in provincial chambers , and perform satisfactorily , you are likely to be offered a place . |
| 24 | I found it gratifying to be offered a job without searching for one . |
| 25 | You young people have no idea what it was like for people in Europe then to be offered a cigarette or a piece of chocolate or something like real coffee . |
| 26 | I was lucky to be offered a job with the organisation . |
| 27 | This is particularly important where the syndication partner or partners are to be offered a position on the board . |
| 28 | Investors who register with the specially established share shops or the share information office are to be offered a discount of 10p on each of the second and third instalments on allocations of up to 1,000 shares , or a one-for-15 share bonus after three years on allocations of up to 1,500 shares . |
| 29 | He has yet to be offered a contract by Celtic . |
| 30 | Yeah but for a newcomer to be offered a er er offered a large part like that you know |