Example sentences of "[vb past] to offer [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indenbaum knew how badly Modigliani needed money so he tried to offer him a sum within his means for the beautiful oil , but Modigliani was offended and obliged Indenbaum to accept the portrait as a present . |
| 2 | The Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP ) did not co-operate because the assembly failed to offer them the opportunity of power-sharing which they gained in 1973 . |
| 3 | He remembered to offer her a light . |
| 4 | He had invented the idea of the comedy at that moment , and to prove it he had to offer her a joke in evidence . |
| 5 | ‘ I had to offer her a round of toasted cheese and a cup of tea . |
| 6 | Thérèse had to offer him the apéritif , Léonie the fluted glass dish of polished Japanese crackers . |
| 7 | Yeah , because I mean , like when I had the home erm , that again obviously you ca n't , people said that , I mean , it 's changed a lot but when I had the home you did n't just pull an , out anybody from the street and call them care assistants you had to offer them a day 's training every week |