Example sentences of "they offered [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | They offered her a flat in the Stonebridge estate , Wembley , which she refused on health grounds . |
2 | They offered her a flat in the Stonebridge estate , Wembley , which she refused on health grounds . |
3 | ‘ They offered me a handshake of £10,000 to settle amicably . |
4 | ‘ If they offered me a job at five hundred quid a week , I would n't take it . ’ |
5 | She says : ‘ When I went to arrange the AA insurance for the car they offered me a policy for us as well and , thank goodness , I decided to take it . ’ |
6 | With the usual peasant hospitality they offered me a little saucer of quince jam and a thimbleful of raki as well as the glass of cistern water I requested . |
7 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
8 | And erm they offered me a green ginger you see |
9 | they offered me two for a boat , right and they offered me one while I was there , then I got home and they offered me one that late that evening , job , erm working like that was a Thursday and they wanted me to start on the week Monday , I could n't do it as it happens I had to give my weeks notice here get out there that quick , so I fucking said , I said to myself well they 've first day , they 're gon na offer me a few more , so yeah they offered me a couple more but way from so , a bit unlucky I , I wished I 'd fucking taken it |
10 | They offered him a lift home . |
11 | At the garage where he bought petrol they offered him a complimentary sherry glass because he had bought more than thirty litres . |
12 | In fact they offered him a very large amount of money . |
13 | To his surprise they offered him a job as music editor . |
14 | Adam took his GCSEs four years early and staff at St Hugh 's College Oxford were so impressed by his brilliance that they offered him a place . |
15 | While with Hofmann he had so successfully completed an investigation for Allsopps & Sons of Burton-on-Trent that they offered him an appointment as chemist at the brewery . |
16 | They offered him the highest position in the land , second only to that traitor , if he would forsake me ! |
17 | They offered us a handsome sum and we accepted . ’ |
18 | So we asked council if they could get us a place and they offered us a flat at first over the other side , I do n't know what walk it was on , and they says , You can stay there until we get an house for you . |
19 | And she rang up here when when they offered us the space , she rang up here and asked for me . |