turn down

I couldn’t turn down a chance to interview poet Nikki Giovanni, who was in town to address a writers’ conference last weekend.

Mackenzie, whose mother Rita was born in Liverpool and whose Everton-supporting family still live in the city, turned down money for driving lessons to make the journey, desperate "to be part of history".

Specialist NHS doctors can prescribe unapproved products if they think the patient will benefit, but they have to ask NHS England to pay for individual cases and are often turned down.

An England review against Williamson for caught behind was turned down, rightly, even though Stokes discussed the decision with umpire Rod Tucker.

She will meet Pensions Minister Emma Reynolds later, after her request to meet Sir Keir was turned down due to "pressures on his diary".