Example sentences of "took up the offer " in BNC.

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1 But on one mysterious occasion the sado-manager waived the rules and waved us in : we could n't understand this behaviour at all , but took up the offer nevertheless , putting it down to grown-up inconsistency .
2 He pointed out that schools which took up the offer would not know in advance how much the discount would save them .
3 They have had a mortgage with the Abbey National for four years and recently took up the offer of a fixed rate of 10.99% until 1999 .
4 When special buses provided by the universities arrived to take them back to the campuses , most took up the offer .
5 The comedian took up the offer .
6 Those centres which took up the offer helped SCOTVEC plan the deployment of its resources more effectively , while at the same time benefiting from earlier candidate certification .
7 The claim is disputed … but it 's still a good excuse for a ballooning festival.So the lawns of the Chase Hotel were busy this evening as the fist arrivals for the weekend event prepared for their ascent.We took up the offer of a flight with Ian Ashpole , who told us he planned to jump out of the balloon when we reached full height :
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