Example sentences of "[conj] offer [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , many people as they retrieved their fingers from the handshake were likely to tell you that their husband had just fathered an illegitimate child and ask your advice on how to proceed , or offer to give you the telephone number of their analyst/acupuncturist/homeopath/hypnotist who had been so helpful over their drink problem . |
| 2 | He graciously appeared to Abraham , who had no claim on him , and offered to give him a posterity like the stars of heaven : Abraham responded to this grace by an act of faith which issued in a life of obedience . |
| 3 | One day Hugh came into the bathroom while Myra was washing and offered to give her a present if she would give him a hug and a kiss . |
| 4 | One of the speakers that evening was Gordon Gissing , so I had no hesitation when he told me about his visit to a picturesque narrow ( metre ) gauge system in East Germany , and offered to give us a talk on it . |
| 5 | He came and sat down beside me and offered to show me the sights . |
| 6 | The butcher , who was gentle and warmhearted in spite of the cruel bloodstains on his boater , loaded her basket free with bones for the dog and offered to show her the mysteries of his store room where , shaggy with frost , the sides of meat hung in refrigerated darkness . |
| 7 | At the sight of them she sprang forward and offered to get them a cup of coffee . |
| 8 | A man came up and offered to buy him a drink . |
| 9 | In 1862 he sent a letter to Queen Victoria , requesting her assistance against the Turks and offering to send her an envoy with presents . |
| 10 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |