Example sentences of "offering him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Byers was offering him the bottle . |
| 2 | On 30 May 1952 a letter went from Churchill to Ramsey offering him the see of Durham . |
| 3 | Britain bought him off by offering him the sovereignty of this area , ‘ Transjordan ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was often thoughtful for the traveller , offering him the easiest path for walking . |
| 6 | He saw pliant girls offering him the laurels of victory before they fainted before his conquering feet . |
| 7 | The feoffees for impropriations came to his rescue by offering him the vicarage of All Saints ' , Hertford ( where the millenarian Christopher Feake , q.v. , was later to serve ) . |
| 8 | As soon as the railway station at Carno was theirs , Bernard wrote to Dai offering him the promised job . |
| 9 | Immediately Polly stepped backwards , offering him the wheel . |
| 10 | Others are less concerned with perfect indexing , but rather demand that the searcher exercise his skills thoroughly , offering him the appropriate facilities to do so . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm beginning to wonder if I was n't a bit impetuous offering him the job just like that . |
| 13 | But Lothar then extracted a further concession , " since he would not have , he said , in the share [ of the regnum ] they were offering him the wherewithal to make good to his own supporters that which they had lost . |
| 14 | She was offering him the deputy to Hitler , through an intermediary who was a friend of George Vl and Winston Churchill . |
| 15 | The Encomiast alleges that Swegen Forkbeard took his elder son Cnut on the conquest of England , leaving Harald , the younger , in Denmark , and that after Swegen 's death Cnut returned and asked Harald to divide it between them , while offering him the eventual choice of Denmark or England if he would assist in subjugating the latter ; but Harald refused both requests and , after jointly bringing their mother back from among the Slavs , Cnut sailed for England alone . |
| 16 | Political analysts said Tuesday 's outspoken comments by Mr Chirac — like Mr Giscard d'Estaing a candidate for the presidency — seemed to be a tactic to dissuade Mr Mitterrand from offering him the premiership rather than an attempt to force the president out immediately . |