Example sentences of "[conj] offer [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The document focuses on two areas : changes with which universities will have to comply , and changes that offer them the chance to market their skills . |
| 2 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 3 | The prison governor tells them they are about to be shot and offers them the choice of dying like men or wearing blindfolds . |
| 4 | I stuck my thumb in the top , pulled it off , and offered her the bottle . |
| 5 | And then , as she sat watching the dancers , Molly thought of something which made her shiver , so that Ken Corduroy , noticing it , thought she felt cold in the dark garden and offered her the sweater which , like so many of the older guests , he wore knotted about his neck . |
| 6 | He ran his hand up and down Molly 's spine as she sat beside him sipping her tea ‘ Have a drop of scrump , ’ he said quietly , and offered her the jar . |
| 7 | He pulled out his wallet , removed a twenty-dollar note from it and offered me the money . |
| 8 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 9 | Lloyd 's chairman David Coleridge reiterated his elation at having the new tenants while their listed Edwardian building is repaired , and offered them the use of his building 's catering facilities — an important consideration for many members . |
| 10 | Big Lou hired John Surtees and offered him the whole of my £27,000 budget for drivers , leaving nothing for Jackie Oliver . |
| 11 | Gerald Baker , a Mandan-Hidatsa Indian who is the park ranger at Fort Union Trading Post in North Dakota , once the ‘ Times Square of the plains ’ , taught Mr Frazier how to use a double-bladed throwing axe and offered him the honour of joining him in a ceremonial sweat bath . |
| 12 | When Gilroy explained the commercial necessities of having to recast , and offered him the job of understudy and assistant stage manager , he stormed out of the theatre in a rage . |
| 13 | ‘ I also found these , ’ I said , and offered him the handful of cartridge cases . |
| 14 | In all cases , the experiences will be more powerful if they relate directly to children 's current theories , and offer them the opportunity to test them and consider alternative accounts . |
| 15 | Perhaps he would just hand her a sleeping-bag and offer her the tent … |
| 16 | We were able to make contact with Christians from several of the churches and to offer them the possibility of ordering books in their own language via the Christian Literature Crusade in the appropriate countries . |
| 17 | Fleury faltered backwards as the sepoy advanced , still making as if to offer him the sabre . |
| 18 | This was a feeling he sometimes had , when he pictured his friends as ‘ stationed ’ , like auspicious stars , close to him , protecting him , and offering him the privilege and pleasure of performing , in their respect , good deeds . |
| 19 | Apart from indicating the couch and offering him the wine she had done no more than sit watching him , occasionally rubbing a deep scratch on her arm . |
| 20 | We will write to you approximately one month before then , reminding you that the money will be available shortly , and offering you the opportunity to re-invest in a further Bond . |