Example sentences of "offer [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it could be alleged that we are all vulnerable to this power , individuals having little control over their lives , in the shadow of a powerful and looming state which offers them protection and a set of civil/political rights , the main being to elect representatives in return for their acquiescence . |
| 2 | After ballots of parents , 215 schools have so far opted out : but another 2,000 are known to be keen to do so , given that grant-maintained status offers them money and freedom . |
| 3 | And he offers them money . |
| 4 | It asserts that women 's social position offers them access to aspects or areas of reality that are not easily accessible to men … |
| 5 | A political process that offers them power over their own lives ? |
| 6 | Auntie kindly offers me tea as well , but I 'm beginning to feel iffy myself , so excuse myself , go outside , and quietly get on with the clearing up . |
| 7 | She tells us how foolhardy we both are and offers me information on something called a ‘ towback ’ which her superiors have told her about . |
| 8 | His assistant Julian immediately offers me coffee , and explains in apologetic tones that Tony has been called out — ‘ but you 're down for 11.30 ’ — and that he 's expecting him back any moment . |
| 9 | It offers you Europe 's most sophisticated cargo handling and distribution network . |
| 10 | Situated on Scarborough 's South Cliff close to the Esplanade and its magnificent views of the South Bay , this small , well appointed hotel offers you theatre ticket , overnight accommodation and full English breakfast for just £22.50 . |
| 11 | The next time someone offers you advice on slimming — did they try it ? |
| 12 | They took one each , and he noticed that they nudged one another with their elbows , amused because he had offered them fruit gums . |
| 13 | But Elizabeth read women 's magazines and had offered them quiche and Coronation Chicken and melon balls in wine glasses . |
| 14 | No-one had ever offered them cookies before , particularly not their strange-sounding neighbour , whom they hardly ever saw . |
| 15 | Both told the People that Bremner had offered them bribes before and during a crucial league decider between Leeds United and Wolves at the end of the season in 1972 . |
| 16 | ‘ No one has offered me counselling or sympathy . |
| 17 | If she had offered you hospitality , I would be the better pleased . ’ |
| 18 | And the young man said that the tailor had offered him kindness , and should live with them both in the castle and be happy ever after . |
| 19 | Only once , last autumn , had there been an unnerving lift , a well-dressed man in a Mercedes , who had wanted Luke to drive on towards Devon with him , had offered him dinner and a night at a hotel , had put his hand high up on Luke 's thigh , and been altogether menacing . |
| 20 | The workmen had offered him ear plugs but his commanding officer had forbidden him to wear them . |
| 21 | They say well we 've offered you three blocks and you 've turned them all down and you say well yes but you 've offered us blocks not not |
| 22 | He and his wife had offered us accommodation with them from the time my curacy finished until after the expedition . |
| 23 | IMC have offered us weapons in return for specialist help . |
| 24 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 25 | In the beginning they offered me aversion therapy but I furiously refused that . |
| 26 | So I went to the council and they offered me h re or a boarding house . |
| 27 | But an architect friend offered me premises in Portland Mews , funnily enough just around the corner from our new gallery . |
| 28 | Seddon offered me lunch at his home . |
| 29 | He offered me brandy with the cream buns ( drink , as we shall see , plays an important part in his life ) . |
| 30 | I would n't do it even if they offered me loads of money . |