Example sentences of "turned down a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That evening she turned down a prior supper engagement , pleading a headache . |
| 2 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 3 | McCreery left last month after he turned down a new contract . |
| 4 | Voters on Feb. 16 turned down a popular initiative to introduce drastic limits on experiments on animals . |
| 5 | He succeeds Jocelyn Stevens , who turned down a fresh contract , and will pick up his duties with a five-year tenure on 1 August . |
| 6 | But his efforts to bring more women into his administration suffered an unexpected setback when Mrs Edwina Currie , who resigned over the salmonella-in-eggs controversy in 1988 , turned down a senior position at the Home Office . |