Example sentences of "to offer [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crowe then had the vulgar audacity to offer me a pitiful ten quid if I revealed the manager 's name . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Only Swansea looked likely to offer them a serious test . |
| 5 | His technique was to win women 's confidence with his charm , and to offer them a spiked drink . |
| 6 | Our endorsement of Tory macro-economic policy , and acceptance that it should aim for no more than monetary stability , meant we were unable to offer them a convincing route to full employment or economic recovery . |
| 7 | It is designed to offer them a net return higher than that available direct from any building society deposit account . |
| 8 | Hitler was able to offer them a new mass base for the apparent consolidation of their leadership positions within the framework of an authoritarian system , together with the prospect of Germany attaining a position of hegemony within Europe and even world power status . |
| 9 | But in embattled Eritrea the people are eager to learn and the teachers keen to offer them a new kind of education . |
| 10 | It is unprepared to offer them the skilled attention that they need . |
| 11 | Allow me to offer you a nice fly from my store . ’ |
| 12 | The Youth Hostel Association of Northern Ireland has combined with the Ulsterbus and Citybus Freedom of Northern Ireland ticket to offer you a great value passport to see our country . |
| 13 | I was most grateful for your hospitality on board ship , and wanted to offer you a small token of my appreciation . ’ |
| 14 | The proprietors , management and staff of The Plough Hotel would like to offer you a warm welcome . |
| 15 | We are able to offer you a comprehensive letting and management service which was created to suit all needs . |
| 16 | Some electricity companies may be able to offer you a token meter , operated by a token or rechargeable key depending on the type available . |
| 17 | The Good Retirement Guide is not designed to offer you a ready-made philosophy or a few rose-tinted blueprints on the theme ‘ Life Begins in Middle Age ’ . |
| 18 | So while we 're proud to offer you a capacious oven and a classic waist-level grill in a traditional freestanding cooker , we 've added contemporary benefits which make life easier , and a choice of colours — something you 'd hardly expect to find in a cooker at this price . |
| 19 | Has a salesperson tried to offer you a free sample in a shop without asking if you smoke first ? |
| 20 | The best I can do is to offer you a free ¼ page advert , but I must have all the details in the next 48 hours . |
| 21 | Simply contact the Homecover staff at Frank Glennon Limited who will be only too pleased to offer you a free insurance appraisal on your existing policy and a Homecover quotation . |
| 22 | I count it a double honour to represent Framlingham this afternoon and to offer you a welcome back , a welcome into our homes which we look forward to seeing you on Saturday and we are so thrilled to think that so many of you have made the journey back to visit us and I echo the sentiments of another speaker , do n't let it be so long before you come again . |
| 23 | ‘ Are you expecting me to offer you a permanent commitment when we do n't even know each other properly ? ’ |
| 24 | I refer to your recent application and interview and am pleased to offer you the above post in accordance with the undernoted terms and conditions . |
| 25 | The major legal recruiting agencies will all have people on their books who wish to move either firm or area and who may be able to offer you the immediate facility of calling yourselves specialists in a particular field . |
| 26 | New for Summer ‘ 90 , we 're really pleased to be able to offer you the magnificent Sota Vento apartments as our Club Choice in buzzing Magalluf . |
| 27 | now it says I 'm now able to offer you the arranged dates |
| 28 | He could also afford to offer her a great deal of money for her share in this house , enough to tempt anyone . |
| 29 | The most astonishing aspect of the case was not that she had an understandable desire to disport herself in space , but that under the law as it stands a major general had to offer her an abject apology for the recruiting sergeant showing a welcome piece of common sense . |
| 30 | Yes , or did once when it was important to him professionally , when there was still the lurking doubt that no one would call any more to offer him a great new role , an insecurity built on the fact they no one did call in the first fourteen years of his professional life . |