Example sentences of "[adv] offered [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitaker , a committed and active Guild member , recognised in Coburn a considerable talent and so offered him the not insubstantial opportunity to shape a BBC drama series from grass roots , by writing its pilot . |
| 2 | There was a story that she had once been married to a hollow cheeked Indian tour guide called Willy Wither who had taken us up the river and touchingly offered me the use of his very expensive camera ( ‘ A holiday without a camera is a terrible thing . ’ ) , |
| 3 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 4 | Remember you once offered me a job ? |
| 5 | I told him my story and he promptly offered me an unsalaried post as a life insurance salesman . |
| 6 | ‘ They also offered me a job at the end of it , but there were no strings attached to the scholarship . ’ |
| 7 | In line with the Group of Eight 's decision in December 1988 to offer fair treatment to Latin American debtors , Brazil in January 1990 proposed that debtor countries with payments imbalances or shortages of hard currency ( such as Bolivia , Ecuador and Peru ) should convert their debt into local currency to pay for Brazilian imports and to finance cross-border ventures , and also offered them the possibility of buying back debt at a discount . |
| 8 | The incident also offered us a glimpse of the glamorous , sometimes expensive , globe trotting lifestyle of a successful wine merchant . |
| 9 | The senator had beaten down my last defences , and now offered me a compromise that might make my surrender to his wishes more acceptable . |
| 10 | MGM were prepared to make the film as a star vehicle for him and originally offered him the role of Captain Bligh . |
| 11 | ‘ I immediately offered him a cup of tea or coffee and he followed me into the kitchen , ’ says Lynsey . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr Shepherd very kindly offered me a lift . |
| 13 | On this occasion John had been breeding from a group of Aspidoras lakoi and kindly offered me a couple of pairs to try . |
| 14 | One management even offered me the role of Fairy Godmother in Cinderella . |
| 15 | Although he pathetically offered me an apology , I remained adamant until we struck a compromise . |
| 16 | For working-class girls ( unlike middle-class girls , for whom comprehensives potentially offered them the academic education denied to many under the systems of 11 + weighting ) comprehensives probably made little difference . |
| 17 | Webster offered the Prince a perfunctory bow , then offered him a despatch . |
| 18 | The hostel took him in and then offered him a room in a shared house . |
| 19 | Then offered her a bunch of grapes and told her to sit down . |
| 20 | Dad got me to read aloud to him and then offered me a barley sugar . |
| 21 | ‘ And while you were there , someone else offered you a ‘ package ’ you could n't refuse , I believe ? ’ |
| 22 | They therefore offered us a ground-floor flat in a house that they owned . |
| 23 | They even jokingly offered me a brother or son — I used to think this was a straightforward , if surprising and rather frivolous show of openness to newcomers . |
| 24 | Ossie Ardiles gave me a lot of games and said I was doing well , but he never offered me a contract . |
| 25 | But you may be able to complain to a tribunal that you have been discriminated against on the grounds of sex or race , even if the company concerned never offered you a job . |