Example sentences of "[pron] offer she [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I offered her a cigarette and a drink of coffee from a flask I had .
2 I asked her where she lived and she said Tower Hamlets , so I offered her a lift in the van .
3 From my pack I offered her an apple , the only food I had .
4 I offered her the job and after Donald Wilson met her she joined us .
5 In a vivid dream , someone offered her a plate of peacock breast .
6 She was depressed and Nicholson , who had similar feelings himself offered her a shoulder .
7 ‘ What's-his-name , then , the fellow who offered her the job .
8 Seems you offered her a lift home , and she promised her baby-sitter she 'd be back at a reasonable hour .
9 Could you offer her a cup of tea and say that I 'll be er about fifteen minutes or so ?
10 They offered her a flat in the Stonebridge estate , Wembley , which she refused on health grounds .
11 They offered her a flat in the Stonebridge estate , Wembley , which she refused on health grounds .
12 He offered her a can .
13 First , she said , he offered her a puff from a ‘ funny cigarette ’ , which she refused .
14 However when the party broke up and he offered her a lift home , she was quick to negotiate secretly with her hostess for her bike to remain unmentioned in the stairwell until she came back the next day to collect it .
15 After a while he offered her a cigarette .
16 And as she was shown around his premises he offered her a glass of wine .
17 She drew a breath as he offered her the platter of bread , and her fingers shook as she lifted a slice from among the pile .
18 If he offered her the use of one of his typewriters , she was done for .
19 He offered her the chair opposite his own , and looked at her critically .
20 Esther was also offered places at both universities , and chose Cambridge because it offered her a scholarship , and because her brother had been at King 's , and because she heard an owl hoot thrice in the college garden when she retired to her narrow bed after the glass of wine with Flora Piercy .
21 Now it offered her the chance to get away from him for ever …
22 Never again would anyone offer her an iron bed in a dark poky little room .
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