Example sentences of "[adv prt] the offer " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Brearley , the subsequent England captain and a Cambridge graduate with a distinctly academic turn of mind , was revealing in his reasons for turning down the offer , which would have overturned the historical structure of international cricket : ‘ Money apart , Kerry Packer is not my style . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Mr Kenneth Baker probably wisely turned down the offer of becoming Secretary of State for Wales but it was a serious proposition . |
| 4 | EDWINA CURRIE turned down the offer of a job in Mr Major 's Government yesterday , saying that someone else could do the job far better than she could . |
| 5 | In one letter to Susanna Highmore , he turns down the offer of a sonnet to be prefixed to Leapor 's second volume : |
| 6 | Whereas Nicholson accepted wholeheartedly , Perkin characteristically turned down the offer , indicating that he intended to do the analyses himself . |
| 7 | Former Yorkshire and England fast bowler Arnie Sidebottom has turned down the offer of a coaching post at Surrey . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | George Raft , originally set to take the non-speaking title role , turned down the offer before shooting , reportedly because of ill health , and was replaced by Cesar Romero , in what was barely a cameo . |
| 10 | The birthday princess was serenaded by Phil the year she turned down the offer of a party from Charles . |
| 11 | They turned down the offer of free council flat in a city where 2,000 people are on a long-term homeless list . |
| 12 | Coleby seemed disappointed when Peter turned down the offer of another bottle of wine . |
| 13 | They said that James Salperton had turned down the offer of a fifth series and the producers were unwilling to continue without him . |
| 14 | Very few have turned down the offer but anyone interested can contact the operators of the train on for up to the minute information . |
| 15 | King George IV , the British Museum , Sir Robert Peel and Lawrence 's patron Lord Dudley all turned down the offer of the collection . |
| 16 | Armstrong thought the society 's problems were too intractable even for his prodigious public relations skills , and turned down the offer . |
| 17 | Rushdie has anyway turned down the offer , since , as he says ‘ it 's my job to produce the stuff , not to review it ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Celia 's immediate reaction was to turn down the offer . |
| 20 | Malta turned down the offer of an American security guarantee in 1981 for fear that this would require the concession of a military base . |
| 21 | Lester turned down the offer of using a set already constructed and used for The Fall of the Roman Empire , saying that he could not afford the rental for the scaffolding . |
| 22 | When he was asked to star in a film version of No Sex , Please , Crawford turned down the offer . |
| 23 | Robinson , who has turned down the offer of a two-year contract by Yorkshire , had been classified by the TCCB as a List I cricketer . |
| 24 | Fourth division Halifax , having failed in a bid for winger Brian Mooney , made a move for striker Warren Hawke yesterday , but the 21-year-old turned down the offer . |
| 25 | The 34-year-old has been given a free transfer after turning down the offer of a new contract . |
| 26 | And you could almost imagine Boaz hoping against hope that the other kinsman would turn down the offer and so he delighted when that happened . |
| 27 | The woman has turned down the offer of a caravan , and an attempt to buy her a seventy thousand pound house has been stopped by a public outcry . |
| 28 | ‘ Do let's take up the offer . |
| 29 | But on one mysterious occasion the sado-manager waived the rules and waved us in : we could n't understand this behaviour at all , but took up the offer nevertheless , putting it down to grown-up inconsistency . |
| 30 | Surprisingly , some cynics might say , 49 people did take up the offer and the details were sent to the club to effect the paperwork . |