Sentence examples for offering to fetch from inspiring English sources

Still, she was unfailingly patient, offering to fetch heels, lingerie and water (the act of hoisting four-figure frocks off the racks and onto one's body often produces dry mouth).

On Thursday afternoon, Horace Hodges, another temporary tenant, made the rounds, carrying two buckets and offering to fetch water from a murky, puce-colored swimming pool to fill people's toilet tanks.

While her husband, Timothy West, talked quietly and sadly of how she would repeat the same question to acquaintances when they went out, or forget ingredients when she was cooking, Scales rebutted him, offering to fetch the sultanas from the kitchen immediately, should he need proof she knew their location.

Vinnie offered to fetch her a beer.

He was aiming toward a public offering expected to fetch a $300 million valuation.

Analysts estimate that public share offerings tend to fetch 80percentt or less of the price of private sales.

Merrill Lynch & Co. is lead manager of the offering, which is expected to fetch up to $100 million sometime next year.

Mr. Tucker will become chief executive of the unit, American International Assurance, as A.I.G. prepares to try to fetch an initial offering price of $20 billion or more for the division, known as A.I.A.

When the shares started to trade on July 8th, they were expected to fetch up to €4.9 billion ($6 billion)—the world's biggest initial public offering (IPO) so far this year.

Now General Motors is riding the same wave of investor enthusiasm, and is likely to fetch a higher price than previously anticipated for its initial public stock offering, expected on Thursday.

To fetch the highest possible price for the government, G.M. is planning an overall offering of stock valued at $8 billion to $10 billion, which is lower than previous internal targets, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of restrictions on public comments before an offering.