Example sentences of "[conj] offered [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stuck my thumb in the top , pulled it off , and offered her the bottle . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He pulled out his wallet , removed a twenty-dollar note from it and offered me the money . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Big Lou hired John Surtees and offered him the whole of my £27,000 budget for drivers , leaving nothing for Jackie Oliver . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I also found these , ’ I said , and offered him the handful of cartridge cases . |