Example sentences of "was offer " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was offered a restaurant in Cheltenham about five years ago , but I did n't even consider it . |
| 2 | However , as you know , most of my savings had vanished while I was unemployed and when I was offered a very nice flat near the school , the financial advantages of making that my single home base seemed overwhelming . |
| 3 | I was offered a cleaning job that I did n't much like the look of so I left quietly before the final curtain . |
| 4 | At the Police Staff College shortly before I was offered the scholarship to university , I had listened as lists of degrees obtained by previous scholars were read out . |
| 5 | Alone again , and knowing that a cup of tea was what was offered only after screaming and shouting and throwing all her nice toys on the floor . |
| 6 | Moreover , the covenant with Israel signified by circumcision was offered to make of the nation ‘ A kingdom of priests and a holy nation . ’ , |
| 7 | The book was offered with a sharp recollection of his own family , not only regarding his father 's absence of many years ( whose duty it was , formally , to say the prayer ) , but in the dedication of the book , another link with the past broken , another mainstay , albeit distant , removed : ‘ This book is dedicated to the memory of my grandmother Mrs Lyon Cohen , and to the memory of my grandfather Rabbi Solomon Klinitsky . ’ |
| 8 | In an American publication it was offered at $279 . |
| 9 | A ‘ real ’ shaped version was offered to our Sal — and popular it was , too . |
| 10 | Michael Roberts has been booked for another fancied horse in Red Paddy , but the best-backed horses yesterday were Blue Orca , who is as low as 12-1 with Ladbrokes but still 16-1 with Hills , and Tafila , who was offered at 33-1 yesterday morning but by the evening was generally 16-1 . |
| 11 | The case became a hot potato for the government when Mr Yang was offered political asylum by Taiwan , China 's old foe . |
| 12 | ‘ I did not ask for the job — it was offered to me , ’ Taylor said . |
| 13 | I did not ask for the job , it was offered to me . |
| 14 | Last weekend it was offered to Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper proprietor , for £16m . |
| 15 | This is believed to be Eddy Shah , the media entrepreneur who has claimed he was offered the Edwards shares for £16m . |
| 16 | I was offered a choice of steak and kidney pudding or a couple of chunks of local pig . |
| 17 | A school prize was offered for a study of the book Belief in God by Bishop Charles Gore . |
| 18 | And now he was offered a professorship at another university . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He was offered a job on the production side , which would have entailed being a works superintendent . |
| 21 | He answered that it was when the job was offered to him . |
| 22 | I was offered a 300ZX Turbo for £16,250 and an MR2 for £6600 . |
| 23 | I was offered immediate delivery on a Corvette ZR-1 for £30,500 ( manufacturer 's list price ) . |
| 24 | A year later she was offered a job with Rothmans to join their customer liaison department . |
| 25 | The liturgies were wonderful , and in small crowded mud huts great praise and thanksgiving was offered to Almighty God . |
| 26 | He was looking for female voices , he remembered Jakki , invited her to submit some tapes and — presto ! — she was offered a job in The Smoke . |
| 27 | After going to work in the Gulf states she was offered a job with the princesses . |
| 28 | Those who are not prepared to do so may find that their promotion 's blocked or they 're shunted into a backwater — one experienced insurance broker of my acquaintance , for instance , was offered a job in the stationery department ! |
| 29 | I had a friend , she now manages the Eurythmics with her husband , but at that time , none of us needed to be in such luxury but none of us said no if it was offered and DeFries always observed the Noel Coward code and said , ‘ You should travel through life first class . ’ |
| 30 | The guv'nor there , when he was offered me , wanted quite seriously to know what use I would be . |