Example sentences of "offer him [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although Daniel 's dark skin offers him the same protection as a mild sunscreen , it 's not enough to block all the sun 's harmful UV rays . |
| 32 | The escape from France described in Flying Colours offers him the chance of the kind of swift , concrete description in which he excels but too often the pace slackens overmuch as Hornblower 's emotions are analysed with an almost sentimental thoroughness . |
| 33 | Menzies looked at him in astonishment , then took his flask from his hip pocket and offered him a dram . |
| 34 | The careers officer offered him a job in a harp factory in Bromley ! ’ |
| 35 | Siemens offered him a studio exclusively for his own private use and research ; but he would n't take it . |
| 36 | Porter was carrying a large floppy-covered book ; she went straight up to an African writer , N'dosi , showed him the book , held open , and offered him a biro . |
| 37 | Nobody offered him a lemon slice from their perrier . |
| 38 | If Henry offered him a drink , Donald would compress his lips , lower his eyes , as if in the middle of a difficult diagnosis , and nod , slowly , responsibly , like a man burdened with some ghastly secret about the state of Henry ’ s insides . |
| 39 | When he first came in I offered him a drink out of courtesy and I think he thought I was taking the Mick out of his drinking in the past . |
| 40 | When wandering over the hills we met a shepherd , exchanged courtesies , and offered him a glass . |
| 41 | They offered him a lift home . |
| 42 | One of the attendants offered him a cup : he did not drink from this but threw out the contents and ran off with it . |
| 43 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 44 | But once , to test this , when I offered him a smoky bacon crisp and said , as he crunched greedily into it , ‘ I did n't know you liked smoky bacon , ’ he sprinted into the bathroom and washed out his mouth with soap , screaming from his frothing lips that he would burn in hell . ) |
| 45 | Beck , who had been woken up by the Oscar-nominee , offered him a bed in the living room but told him to take a cab over . |
| 46 | ‘ I immediately offered him a cup of tea or coffee and he followed me into the kitchen , ’ says Lynsey . |
| 47 | He went to the top eight accountancy firms in London , all of which offered him a job . |
| 48 | At the garage where he bought petrol they offered him a complimentary sherry glass because he had bought more than thirty litres . |
| 49 | She offered him a cigarette from it . |
| 50 | A brilliant officer with more than twenty commendations , he had grown to believe he was omnipotent ; and when Mathews refused to tell him the names of his accomplices , saying it was more than his life was worth , Drury , obsessed with clearing up another case , offered him a deal : make a statement that three men whose names I will give you were your accomplices , testify against them in the witness-box , and in return no charges will be brought against you , and we 'll come to an arrangement about the reward money offered by the Post Office . |
| 51 | She offered him a cigarette and then withdrew it , ‘ Oh , I 'd forgotten . |
| 52 | When they were alone , the Minister offered him a brandy . |
| 53 | At about this time , the BBC offered him a World Service job based in London and , at the age of 30 , he came here for the first time . |
| 54 | ‘ I offered him a bed in our relatives ' hostel , but he prefers to stay at his club , and , as he has this spinal arthritis , is bringing his own car and the man who looks after him . |
| 55 | Fox , through Darryl Zanuck — one of Hollywood 's few surviving super barons , head of Fox , a star-maker — offered him a seven-picture deal ( at the time of The Desert Rats ) . |
| 56 | In the immediate aftermath of Wolsey 's fall from power , his advisers offered him a range of options on how to obtain the annulment and Henry responded by trying a number of different schemes . |
| 57 | At the time he was racing a boat on the international circuit and his crew member 's cousin was none other than David Kay of GKR ; Stork followed up the contact and , because of his research , marketing and overseas experience , the newly-established GKR offered him a job to develop their search business in Europe . |
| 58 | Webster offered the Prince a perfunctory bow , then offered him a despatch . |
| 59 | Upon his return to New York , Alexander Liberman , then art director for Vogue , offered him a job as his assistant . |
| 60 | Joe had met up with Benny again on one of his rare trips to his old haunts and offered him a job , which Benny was glad to accept . |