Example sentences of "[noun prp] was offer the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he returned from the tour of Australia , Worrell was offered the position of Warden at Irvine Hall , part of the University of the West Indies in Kingston . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , Cromwell was offered the crown subsequently , but he refused , possibly to adhere to his own convictions , but his only son , Richard , was not a strong person . |
| 3 | Following Bennett 's withdrawal a number of other candidates had been unsuccessfully approached until Yeutter was offered the post on Jan. 3 . |
| 4 | The only major attempt to impose terms on the Crown was made in 1730 , when Peter 's daughter Anne was offered the throne . |
| 5 | Jake Barrie was relieved of his booking duties and the Mean Fiddler 's Dave Phillips was offered the chance to revive the Pendletons ' flagging garden party . |
| 6 | Thus , when Richard Baxter was offered the position of schoolmaster at Dudley , he accepted and was ordained by the Bishop of Worcester on Advent Sunday 1638 . |
| 7 | In the midst of the negotiations , Richard Baxter was offered the bishopric of Hereford by Charles , the offer being communicated via the Lord Chancellor . |
| 8 | The letters of 12 June and 15 September 1986 did not say that Woolwich was offering the money to the revenue upon the condition that it would be repaid if ultimately found , in the pending litigation , not to be due . |
| 9 | Subsequently , in 1899 , Carter was offered the position of Inspector General of Antiquities for Upper Egypt , but his post with the Egyptian Antiquities service came to an abrupt end when he was held responsible for a near diplomatic incident in which disgruntled French tourists assaulted some guards at a site . |
| 10 | William Hulbert offered Burghley 100 angels if he would get the post of customer at Bristol transferred to J. Dowlie , who had probably bought it from Hulbert ; Henry Goldingham promised £100 for the post of controller of the customs at Ipswich ; and Herbert Croft wrote that Richard Davis was offering the same amount for a judgeship in Wales . |
| 11 | Indeed , Berry was offered the Brooklyn pastorate after Beecher 's death but declined it . |
| 12 | This note shows that Mr. O'Brien was offering the house as security but that the bank was aware that Mrs. O'Brien might not agree to the proposal . |
| 13 | When Crawford was offered the starring role in a new British stage farce , he was unsure whether to accept . |