Example sentences of "turn down a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	( First Edition ) WARRINGTON have turned down a transfer request from Neil Harmon , their 21-year-old prop forward .
2	Bristol City winger Junior Bent has turned down a loan move to Plymouth .
3	Ray Wilkins agreed to come to Tyneside last week but subsequently turned down a playercoach job because his wife did n't want to leave London .
4	Rangers got no joy , either , from a referee who had turned down a first-half penalty claim for hand ball and was similarly unmoved when Huistra fell after making contact with Dykstra .
5	ANDY Platt has turned down an Aussie gold bonanza to stay with Wigan in their quest for more titles .
6	After turning down a Melody Maker request on these grounds , editor Allan Jones asked Morrissey for a convenient alternative .
7	She even turned down a government offer of extra clothing coupons on the grounds that hand-me-downs were quite good enough for her refugees .
8	Magistrates turned down a defence application that the children 's names should not be disclosed .
9	Robins turned down a summer move to Dynamo Dresden before moving to Norwich from Old Trafford where he scored 11 goals in 48 League appearances .
10	MORE than 170 Bosnian refugees have been refused visas to enter Britain , only hours after they turned down an asylum offer from Spain .
11	The all powerful , but ageing New Zealander John Campbell , never one to turn down a pay day , will be favoured to improve on his 2:17:22 winning time from last year , that is if he shows up .
12	The taxi dropped off one of the passengers , and the offenders instructed the driver to take them to a farm club , and then asked him to turn down a farm track .
13	unemployed people will not be able to turn down a job offer on the basis of the pay being too low ;
14	You can turn down a fire hose to water a garden , but you can not turn up a garden hose sufficiently to tackle a fire .

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