Example sentences of "offer i [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think Chelsea offers me the greater chance of winning something than if I 'd stayed at Carrow Road . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend offers me an enticing invitation which I shall consider taking up . |
| 3 | ‘ I would have signed if they had offered me a few bob more . ’ |
| 4 | One very generous gentleman in London , who imports pianos from Poland and who heard me playing the organ in the programmes , has offered me a brand-new piano as a gift . |
| 5 | Some grain of self-preserving sense must have penetrated Rickie 's skull , for he suddenly dropped on to his heels and offered me a placatory grin . |
| 6 | The guard did not challenge us and we followed the faint trackway till Benjamin reined in and offered me a bulging wineskin . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's alright for some ’ , they say , as if my fairy godmother has miraculously waved her magic wand and offered me a real life Martini advert on a plate . |
| 8 | But she offered me a nice sunny room under the eaves at the back . |
| 9 | Of course , all theatrical activities came to an abrupt halt ; but Guthrie was not prepared to accept what seemed like being the total demise of Sadler 's Wells Opera , and proposed sending a small touring group of the company round the provinces and he offered me a small contract . |
| 10 | Ellen offered me a poisonous smile , but I had no time to worry about her distaste for the militaristic para-medic . |
| 11 | He ripped a couple of ring pulls and offered me a luke-warm Fosters . |
| 12 | A hand offered me a ball-point pen . |
| 13 | He offered me a fat life as his whore , and I laughed in his face . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Monty looked down his glasses and offered me a few censorious words . |
| 16 | And erm they offered me a green ginger you see |
| 17 | The moment I touched the ground I knew why — the excessive ( to me — but normal to Tiree residents ) wind whipped me and my heavily laden briefcase into the lounge where Peter McMillan , Manager of Scarinish Branch offered me the relative calm of his car . |
| 18 | When I began collecting material , one of the Blaxhall people offered me an open invitation : ‘ Drop in at any time if you want to know anything . |
| 19 | I told him my story and he promptly offered me an unsalaried post as a life insurance salesman . |
| 20 | You never know who might mistake Armstrong for a real taxi and offer me a few quid as a friendly gesture for giving them a lift . |
| 21 | Crowe then had the vulgar audacity to offer me a pitiful ten quid if I revealed the manager 's name . |
| 22 | Like all British officials of the Egyptian Government I had been dismissed from my university post eighteen months before , and I was glad that the British Council was able to offer me a small post in Athens , instead of piece work in Cairo . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't hesitate to offer me a large drink ! ’ she squeaks , as she climbs out of her car one sultry afternoon , and they all emerge from the house , astonished , Howard and the boys stripped to the waist . |
| 24 | ‘ Someone could offer me a million quid for Henry , but there would be no sale . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | Dedication is also the byword of our chairman , Mr Ken Mentle , and once again he has no hesitation in offering me a substantial amount of promises for next season . |