Example sentences of "[was/were] offer [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Michael added : ‘ If John Birt were to offer his resignation , the board of governors should refuse to accept it . |
| 2 | ‘ It was essentially decided to do this because major institutions in the City were offering their employees an opportunity . |
| 3 | Mr Gooch , of Grantham Green , Easterside , Middlesbrough , was offered his job back , but refused . |
| 4 | In a sense they , they were back now in , in the situation that they , they needed support from the peasantry quickly and surely the way to do that was to offer them land , to give them land reform because rent reduction interest ra interest rate reduction is not enough . |
| 5 | It was uncertain whether she was offering him tea or dinner or nothing , since the time she gave was a quarter to six and she would never have had anyone to drinks . |
| 6 | She was offering them cups of tea and it was churlish to refuse . |
| 7 | The priest was offering his fingers to the policeman who poured some water over them . |
| 8 | Inevitably , Foley was offering his pouch . |