Example sentences of "[pers pn] be offered a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lot number eight Lot eight there we are there it is showing to you , Lot number eight and I 'm offered a hundred pounds to start me on it , one hundred pounds and ten , twenty , one hundred and twenty pounds at a hundred and twenty pounds all s all done at one twenty , one thirty , forty a hundred and forty pounds selling for one hundred and forty pounds , any more at one hundred and forty pounds . |
| 2 | Seventy pounds , seventy five eighty , eighty five ninety five one hundred and ten one twenty I 'm offered a hundred and twenty pounds , I 'll sell , one thirty one forty fifty one sixty one seventy one eighty one ninety carrying on , sir ? |
| 3 | Lot number thirty three Lot number thirty three is the hanging basket there 's the hanging basket showing , a hundred pounds for this , at one hundred pounds and ten twenty , thirty , forty , fifty sixty , seventy one eighty I 'm offered a hundred and eighty pounds , one ninety two hundred two twenty , two forty , two sixty eighty three hundred three hundred 's bid on my left and selling for three hundred pounds second row , three hundred pounds . |
| 4 | Lot number thirty five Lot number thirty five there we are , there it is showing , Lot number thirty five , eighty pounds for this one , at eighty , eighty five , ninety , ninety five , one hundred is offered I 'm offered a hundred pounds and selling for one hundred , all done ? |
| 5 | Lot number fifty Lot fifty is a wood carving , a Japanese wood carving , eighty pounds for this , eighty five , ninety five , one hundred and ten I 'm offered a hundred and ten pounds , I shall sell , one twenty , one thirty , forty , fifty one sixty bid I 'm offered one sixty to my right , at one hundred and sixty pounds , have you all finished at one sixty ? |
| 6 | Lot number fifty four Lot fifty four copper bowl copper bowl showing for a hundred pounds , at one hundred and ten at a hundred and ten , twenty , thirty , forty , fifty sixty , seventy one eighty offered I 'm offered a hundred and eighty pounds , I shall sell for one eighty , one ninety going on sir ? |
| 7 | One seventy , one eighty one ninety offered I 'm offered a hundred and ninety pounds , have you all finished at one ninety ? |
| 8 | Er Lot number eighty one Lot number eighty one er the inkstone there it is , Lot number eighty one and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty in two places one hundred and fifty , one sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety two hundred , two twenty two hundred and twenty bid at two hundred and twenty pounds two twenty only , at two twenty . |
| 9 | Lot number eighty eight Lot number eighty eight the bronze model there 's the bronze model showing and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty for it , one fifty , one sixty , one seventy any more ? |
| 10 | And Lot number one O seven , Lot number one O seven , the one-case inro there 's the inro and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty to start me , at one fifty , sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety two hundred and twenty is bid , at two hundred and twenty is offered , selling at two hundred and twenty , two forty , two sixty two eighty , three hundred and twenty , three fifty three eighty do you want to come in , sir ? |
| 11 | I would not want to change even if I were offered a British-sounding voice . |
| 12 | If you are offered a full-time post by an employer who has been introduced to you via a nursing agency , you should consider the etiquette and ethics involved of leaving the agency to go to work for one of their clients , thus depriving them of their commission from employers . |
| 13 | So be on your guard if you are offered a new way to cure gout see in the dark or watch an eclipse of the Sun . |
| 14 | Londonderry mother Frances McGinley said today she intends to camp outside the Waterloo Street Housing Executive office until she is offered a suitable house . |
| 15 | So she was offered a second flat . |
| 16 | At the welfare centre in Seoul 's Chungang University which serves food for the capital 's poorest children , she was offered a beef-filled pancake . |
| 17 | In fact , she was offered a better deal ( let us not go into too many historic technicalities ) in Oxford , but she chose Cambridge because of Flora Piercy 's eye-shadow , and because of Dr Leavis . |
| 18 | She was offered a spare ride in the last race , a two-year-old trained by Ian Gardem , for whom she had never ridden before . |
| 19 | After working for a building company for two months , she was offered a permanent secretarial position there and decided to accept it because the firm was willing to be flexible about unpaid time off . |
| 20 | Mrs Crouch would not have suffered a reduction in pay as she was offered an increased wage at the new plant . |
| 21 | Moomintroll and the Snork Maiden feel the first flutterings of love and , for once , we are offered a complete family ( the Victorian habit of removing one , or both , parents was a convention that survived into Ransome 's time ) . |
| 22 | Often we are offered an exclusive review of the latest products . |
| 23 | Whether it is one side 's cry of the ‘ radical uncertainty ’ of authentic faith or the other side 's reiteration of the ‘ leap of faith ’ , we are offered an imposing edifice of faith with little or no mention of foundations . |
| 24 | ‘ We were offered a special school ’ says Mrs J , ‘ but it was so far away , we just could n't . ’ |
| 25 | After an hour or so we were offered a free drink from the buffet , a new and well intentioned gesture that soon will be seen as an albatross like being asked your height by an undertaker . |
| 26 | We were offered a free half-hour demonstration spot at the Ideal Home Exhibition which was organised at very short notice . |
| 27 | Interestingly enough , even hens and rats have been found to consume more calories when they are offered a varied diet than when they are fed ‘ the same old thing ’ all the time . |
| 28 | They are offered an initial hour-long session when a counsellor assesses their needs . |
| 29 | Initially , they were offered a minimum guarantee of £1 million , but that may now be closer to £1.5 million . |
| 30 | Any manufacturing jeweller would honestly be able to take over a consignment of several hundred , especially if he were offered a 10 or 15 per cent discount on market price . |