Example sentences of "to offer [pers pn] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And that was not a hint for you to offer me a bed for the night , Miss Rose Fenemore .
2 So , Sister Hennessy , how would you like to offer me a cup of coffee so we can get acquainted while these two young men carry on with their duties ? ’
3 This meant that people were prepared to offer me a sequence of positions in which I only had to do research without having to lecture .
4 You 'd better let us look after you now , ’ or ‘ We 've talked it over , and we 've decided to offer you a home with us . ’
5 For producing the captions I would like to offer you a fee of 150 which is in addition to any other payments for work on the Activity Book .
6 In anticipation of the agreement we would like to offer you a fee of 2,500 for Activity Book 2 and a further 2,500 for Activity Book 2 .
7 In anticipation of the agreement we would like to offer you a fee of 2,500 for Activity Book 1 and a further 2,500 for Activity Book 2 .
8 It was her friend Pepe , a Mexican worker , coming over to offer her a drink of rum .
9 ‘ I had to offer her a round of toasted cheese and a cup of tea .
10 He had invented the idea of the comedy at that moment , and to prove it he had to offer her a joke in evidence .
11 ‘ I 'm sure we 'll discover the cause by morning , ’ d'Alembord said , then turned to Lucille to offer her a glass of wine .
12 She had not been the first woman to offer him a smile during the past few hour .
13 As the rally closed , the woman went up to Lafontaine to offer him a bouquet of flowers and to ask for his autograph .
14 He was , he told Greta Burkill , intent on persuading the Cambridge University recruiting board to offer him a place on an officer training course .
15 Elwood lived with his parents on Ross Street West , and I remember going to his house one day in late June when he had just completed his high school training to offer him a job at CHAB .
16 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 .
17 He was so damned humble that O'Hara was obliged to offer him a cup of coffee .
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