Example sentences of "i was offer the " in BNC.

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1 At the Police Staff College shortly before I was offered the scholarship to university , I had listened as lists of degrees obtained by previous scholars were read out .
2 Bruno Walter was there and afterwards I was offered the post of first kapellmeister ; but I had to say , frankly I am better off in Aachen .
3 It was the month before my thirty-third birthday , and I was offered the appointment .
4 When I was offered the editorship , I was told the clock stood at five to 12 . ’
5 I was offered the wrong medicine twice .
6 Then I spent three years there and it was only three weeks after I 'd left that I was offered the part of Russell in Butterflies .
7 Just the same as you , I was offered the understudy . ’
8 ‘ We were in a no-win situation and when I was offered the chance to go to another team I took it .
9 So these things came to an end , I recall that on one occasion I was offered the eye of a sheep that had been cooked on a vast platter .
10 We all sat around cross-legged picking at bits of the sheep and I was offered the eye by the Sheik , which I understand was a kind of honour .
11 This was the first time I met , and it seems that he was satisfied with my performance in the interview , for I was offered the post , much to my surprise and delight .
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