Example sentences of "[pron] turned down the offer " in BNC.
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| 1 | The birthday princess was serenaded by Phil the year she turned down the offer of a party from Charles . |
| 2 | We turned down the offer of researching exactly how many men we 'd get to 3,000 feet of urinals , but allowing a couple of feet for each one , 1,500 men would make Wembley the tops for discriminating against women . |
| 3 | ‘ Some Americans wanted to open up the Spurling yard , and offered big money to the Borough Council , but that useless lot — that bunch of pen-pushers — they turned down the offer in favour of the Japanese . |
| 4 | They turned down the offer of free council flat in a city where 2,000 people are on a long-term homeless list . |
| 5 | Even lesser known men were received with open arms and , in some cases , cheque books : when the Rev. J. A. Macfadyen went to America to ‘ supply ’ the pulpit of Brooklyn 's Central Congregational Church he was offered a church in Chicago at the princely stipend of £2,000 — over £60,000 today — but he turned down the offer . |