Example sentences of "[vb past] be offer [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It was reported on Dec. 18 that the former president of the Senate , Alberto Borea Odria , who had been involved in the abortive coup of Nov. 13 [ see p. 39187 ] , had been granted safe conduct to travel to Costa Rica , where he had been offered diplomatic asylum . |
2 | The Southern Health Board poll also found that more than half the 1,300 questioned had been offered illegal drugs or solvents . |
3 | But if some of our constituents had been offered other options , they would not have chosen residential or nursing care . |
4 | Reuters news agency reported that KGHM had lost US$70,000,000 and that strikers had been offered one-off payments equivalent to US$100 to US$130 each to go back to work . |
5 | Reuters news agency reported that KGHM had lost US$70,000,000 and that strikers had been offered one-off payments equivalent to US$100 to US$130 each to go back to work . |
6 | Just in case Lord Milton failed to appreciate his value , MacLachlan stressed that he had been approached by the rival interest in the county and had been offered sufficient to make him easy for life , and accordingly implied that Milton had an obligation to aid him with his creditors and enable him to arrange further loans . |