Example sentences of "[was/were] offer [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially , they were offered a minimum guarantee of £1 million , but that may now be closer to £1.5 million . |
| 2 | At dinner we were offered a choice of menu and the first course was often a buffet with the main course served by waiters . |
| 3 | In 1968 my husband James Haynes-Dixon and I were offered a lease of Lamb House for seven years . |
| 4 | Thanks to enthusiastic support from Jennifer Jenkins , chairman of the Historic Buildings Council , we were offered a very high level of grant towards the roof . |
| 5 | The Smiths could have received a considerable amount of money by this method and , indeed , were offered a number of more lucrative alternatives . |
| 6 | ‘ The standard text of Classical gastronomic literature is Trimalchio 's feast from The Satyricon of Petronius , a fictional extravaganza built on an unmistakable and amusing basis of fact , during which guests were offered a hare tricked out with wings to look like Pegasus , a wild sow with its belly full of live thrushes , quinces stuck with thorns to look like sea urchins , a hog stuffed with sausage links , roast pork carved into model fish , and several other frivolities of the kind . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We were offered a gig at a festival in Denmark , which we did n't know anything about , turned up with the gear , and we were on after BB King , and before Robert Cray , plus Bob Dylan was on later on — definitely not the worst billing we 've ever been on . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The 15-year-olds were offered a lift , but the only English word they knew was Cobham . |
| 10 | Although worried about the consequences of their boycott , they went ahead and were offered a pay rise as a result . |
| 11 | Morpeth raised more than £500 and were offered a slot on three local radio stations to publicise Amnesty International 's concerns . |
| 12 | ‘ We were offered a special school ’ says Mrs J , ‘ but it was so far away , we just could n't . ’ |
| 13 | Originally , under the Law of Similars , investors were offered a protected place , one foreign firm in each segment of the sector , just as in aircraft . |
| 14 | We were offered a flat , which would of mea if we 'd of accepted it would of meant we would have to of sold every stick of furniture because the rooms were not large enough |
| 15 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |
| 16 | The Welsh were offered a scheme of executive devolution only . |
| 17 | Ingleston , if we were offered a King 's ransom , we might have to sit down and think about it , but it is very much a long , long shot ! |
| 18 | I would not want to change even if I were offered a British-sounding voice . |
| 19 | At the same time as working class women were offered a measure of protection , more emphasis was placed on their responsibilities at home . |
| 20 | We were offered a variety of tempting odds by a rat-faced freak with a clutch of money in one hand and promissory notes in the other . |
| 21 | The Health Study area had no static health facility , but weekly mobile clinics were held , at which study children were offered a highly subsidised service . |
| 22 | A council spokesman said mortgage holders were offered a choice of insurance companies . |
| 23 | Firms interested in cleaning up their act were offered a special deal : Railside Revival would pay half the cost of materials and community programme workers would do the work for free . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | We were offered a free half-hour demonstration spot at the Ideal Home Exhibition which was organised at very short notice . |
| 26 | Although the meeting lasted about two hours , we were offered no refreshment , and we are wondering whether there are any statutory regulations in this connection . |
| 27 | Having raised expectations , he went on to limit that help to just 100,000 people ; and of those 100,000 , 60,000 were offered no more than the chance to work on a community scheme for next to nothing . |
| 28 | Grading was simplified then and S&T staff were offered an extra £1,200 a year in skills allowances subject to satisfactory attendance and working , but skills shortages continue . |
| 29 | The Professional Footballers ' Association were offered an improved percentage of television revenue after a 3½-hour meeting in London . |
| 30 | VISTA made science more girl friendly in two ways : both boys and girls were offered an attractive image of a competent woman scientist , and talks concentrated on social and industrial applications of science , an element too often missing from science at school . |