The most welcome offer of assistance, however, came recently from an unexpected source.

Hide found himself with offers of assistance from a dozen different countries.

Allen reports 107 offers of foreign assistance from 44 countries and four international organizations.

Thatcher had already been surprised by an offer of French assistance.

I received no offer of assistance other than to try a machine in a tourist area.

Not that he needed them, but the Mayor received many offers of assistance.

We understand, however, that the council's offer of assistance has so far been rather less generous.

When the rider made no offer of assistance, he tried again, more desperately.

It was hard to tell if he meant this as a warning, a threat or an offer of assistance.

We need to come together with a clear offer of massive international assistance.