Example sentences of "offer [pers pn] another [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He offers them another unsettling peacemaking idea ; they invent another excuse for turning it down .
2 Speaking of which , the controversial rapper offers me another drink .
3 Mom 's talking about staying a few years because someone 's offered her another show .
4 She quieted the children , offered me another coffee , then said , ‘ Come , Um Yusef .
5 ‘ No more , thanks , ’ she said when Vitor offered her another piece of chocolate .
6 He offered her another glass of wine .
7 She sipped at her cordial with evident pleasure , and when Herbert Fraser offered her another nip she accepted without hesitation .
8 Writing offered us another way of dealing with time , anxiety and frustration .
9 ‘ Are n't you going to offer me another drink ? ’ he asked .
10 ‘ I 'm almost afraid to offer you another glass , ’ he said , ‘ in case you get the wrong idea . ’
11 Husband and wife kept up their own conversation , turning to the elderly lady from time to time only to offer her another cup of tea or a cake .
12 She also argues that , if an agency does not exercise detailed control , it nevertheless exercises the ultimate control of the worker , since it can withdraw him or refuse to offer him another assignment should his performance fail to meet required standards .
13 Erm er I 'm very grateful to Dr and I 'll offer him another story , a woman who 's now died whom I used to visit who sat with her coal fire set but not lit until someone would come to the door .
14 The Frenchman interrupted my thoughts by offering me another glass of the deadly Calvados .
15 For example , if you are unfairly made redundant because consideration was not given to offering you another job , your compensation might be discounted to take account of the fact that , had proper consideration been given , you might still not have been offered that job .
16 However , if your circumstances change , and you can not keep to an arrangement , tell the fuel supplier , who should not cut you off without offering you another arrangement or a pre-payment meter .
17 As they departed an Annamese servant appeared soundlessly at Joseph Sherman 's elbow , offering him another glass of champagne .
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