Example sentences of "was offer the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The widow of Ferdinand Marcos , Imelda returned to the Philippines in November 1991 and was offered the nomination of the largely defunct New Society Movement ( KBL ) , the political party created by her late husband . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , Cromwell was offered the crown subsequently , but he refused , possibly to adhere to his own convictions , but his only son , Richard , was not a strong person . |
| 3 | Michigan Department of Mental Health , in which an inmate was offered the choice between experimental surgery with the possibility of release and continued incarceration , and the Court held that consent could not be given by an involuntarily detained mental patient . |
| 4 | It was n't that I thought myself deserving of more delight than was offered the mass of mankind ( I told myself ) but that the common lot seemed so dire . |
| 5 | In the midst of the negotiations , Richard Baxter was offered the bishopric of Hereford by Charles , the offer being communicated via the Lord Chancellor . |
| 6 | When he returned from the tour of Australia , Worrell was offered the position of Warden at Irvine Hall , part of the University of the West Indies in Kingston . |
| 7 | Thus , when Richard Baxter was offered the position of schoolmaster at Dudley , he accepted and was ordained by the Bishop of Worcester on Advent Sunday 1638 . |
| 8 | Brook Street Bureau sent Sue Hill to an interview for a job as a telesales clerk with a publishing company last autumn and , after months of rejections , she was offered the position . |
| 9 | Subsequently , in 1899 , Carter was offered the position of Inspector General of Antiquities for Upper Egypt , but his post with the Egyptian Antiquities service came to an abrupt end when he was held responsible for a near diplomatic incident in which disgruntled French tourists assaulted some guards at a site . |
| 10 | Kadan was probably too young to be interested in experiment with one of his mother 's serving women if he was offered the opportunity . |
| 11 | Middlesbrough Council was offered the opportunity to buy the building , but had to turn it down . |
| 12 | Three days later Haslam was being interviewed for a job at ICI and he was offered the chance to become a technical services engineer in the Nobel Division , an offer he snapped up immediately . |
| 13 | Yesterday he was offered the chance to pull out of part of it and go home because of his domestic troubles . |
| 14 | Jake Barrie was relieved of his booking duties and the Mean Fiddler 's Dave Phillips was offered the chance to revive the Pendletons ' flagging garden party . |
| 15 | ‘ We were in a no-win situation and when I was offered the chance to go to another team I took it . |
| 16 | Then he was offered the chance to be artist in residence at Slimbridge and jumped at the chance to stage his own exhibition . |
| 17 | The only major attempt to impose terms on the Crown was made in 1730 , when Peter 's daughter Anne was offered the throne . |
| 18 | Liz , 60 , was offered the part in the film , Even Cowgirls Get The Blues . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When I was offered the editorship , I was told the clock stood at five to 12 . ’ |
| 21 | Dr Daniel told The Art Newspaper that ‘ someone , either working for the family or an independent speculative dealer , has already approached the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York offering the collection ’ , and that ‘ a private Spanish gallery was offered the Kramar collection from someone in Japan ’ . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In January 1869 , on the strength of his published work and Ritschl 's glowing reference , he was offered the chair despite his youth and lack of the usually mandatory doctorate and " habilitation " ; he took up the post in April 1869 . |
| 25 | It was the month before my thirty-third birthday , and I was offered the appointment . |
| 26 | In 1984 , he was offered the directorship of the Marie Curie Institute in Paris — ‘ the greatest temptation of my life ’ . |
| 27 | He applied unsuccessfully for the chair of technology at Edinburgh , and in 1862 was appointed keeper of minerals to the Royal Dublin Society , His meteorological output was confined to the translation of Dove 's book but in 1866 he was approached by his intimate friend ( Sir ) Edward Sabine [ q.v. ] , then at the height of his influence as president of the Royal Society and prospective chairman of the new meteorological committee , and was offered the directorship of the Meteorological Office . |
| 28 | Director William Sterling had spotted a Sunday magazine photograph of her taken by Lord Snowdon , arranged to meet her and shortlisted her with two other girls to meet Shaftel ; after a couple of screen tests in full costume , she was offered the role . |
| 29 | [ Valerie Way ] was offered the point and given a brief to examine the transfer procedures of parents when children change from primary school to McGregor , to explore the opportunities possible . |
| 30 | In February 1991 , he was offered the manager 's job at Birmingham City , an English Third Division club , who at the time were so down at heel they resembled an inveterate gambler staggering from one bad bet to another . |