Example sentences of "turn down a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About six months after the dinner party she realised that , for the first time in her life , she had turned down a decent journalistic commission in order to start work for a crazy old lady off Ladbroke Grove , whose garden specialised in old roses , and who was insistent about sterilising soil before new plantings . |
| 2 | The Ford Pay claim coincides with negotiations at Vauxhall where leaders of the 9,000 manual workers have turned down a two-year offer giving 9.1 per cent in the first year and inflation plus £3 in the second . |
| 3 | Norwich were trailing Grant , who has turned down a new contract , last season and have maintained their interest . |
| 4 | Former West Indies captain Viv Richards has turned down a lucrative offer to play Currie Cup cricket for South Africa 's Western Province . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the world 's top players have turned down a tempting financial offer aimed at attracting them away from the Ulster Milk Games match between Europe and Asia in Belfast on June 8 . |
| 6 | And I must also add that I was a trifle put out , and surprised , because it seemed to me that he was turning down a good opportunity . |
| 7 | Former England batsman Bill Athey is leaving Gloucestershire after turning down a new two-year contract . |
| 8 | That evening she turned down a prior supper engagement , pleading a headache . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | McCreery left last month after he turned down a new contract . |
| 11 | Voters on Feb. 16 turned down a popular initiative to introduce drastic limits on experiments on animals . |
| 12 | He succeeds Jocelyn Stevens , who turned down a fresh contract , and will pick up his duties with a five-year tenure on 1 August . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | His films were relatively few and he felt confident enough to turn down a good many more films than a hungrier actor might have felt was healthy . |
| 15 | But French officials were initially suspicious and the Soviet KGB security police forced him to turn down a French passport . |
| 16 | You know the old saying about never look a gift horse in the mouth , well do n't turn down a good tip . |