Example sentences of "not offer [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She decided not to offer him a gin and tonic before his performance . |
| 2 | Sons and spouses attended the meeting , having prepared beforehand that they would tell their mother personally that they could not offer her a home , but would keep in touch with . |
| 3 | She did not offer us a tour of the house . |
| 4 | I was hoping he would not offer us a glass of his very potent drink that I now know as Calvados . |
| 5 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
| 6 | He ca n't offer him a challenge like that . |
| 7 | He must have been out with his bike probably come in got off his bike went straight inside at least I brought my drink with me Well you wo n't offer me a drink . |
| 8 | We wo n't offer you a lift . ’ |
| 9 | It does n't offer you a definition , but by the end of the chapter you should be able to give your own definition of what it would be like if you were more assertive . |
| 10 | ‘ I have , ’ he answered slowly , ‘ but remember I am only a poor country vicar , and ca n't offer you a job with a high salary , so you may not wish to accept it . |