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 . |