Example sentences of "offer to [pers pn] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rough-coated collie called Tip , he was offered to me by some relatives down the dale whilst I still had Chip . |
| 2 | Meanwhile Sue has recently accepted a series of temporary secretarial posts offered to her by other companies . |
| 3 | MI6 never appreciated the amount of opposition that existed within Germany to Hitler and the Nazi party in its early days and as a result failed to exploit the very considerable amount of information that was offered to it by well-placed anti-Nazi groups . |
| 4 | Outdoor shops are just sports shops , but instead of a seedy man with a moustache selling you nylon football strips and tennis balls , outdoor shops stock only merchandise connected with hill-walking , climbing , skiing and sometimes canoeing , all of which will be offered to you by rosy-cheeked young sales people in fleecy tops . |
| 5 | The lack of good results is here explained by faulty equipment ( an explanation also offered to me by other students ) ; however , students gain higher marks for lab work if the results are ‘ correct ’ than if they are wrong but adequately accounted for : |