Sentence examples for declining a chance from inspiring English sources

She has avoided police dramas, declining a chance to work on Jimmy McGovern's Cracker in the 1990s.

He was not about to decline a chance for more.

He declined a chance to make final bid for a risky pass and finished second.

Just before the Persian Gulf war of 1991, the elder Bush declined a chance to throw a first pitch in Cincinnati.

Marbury twice declined a chance to play in late November, after the roster was decimated by trades and injuries.

Allen apparently declined a chance to play bloody-minded princess Yara Greyjoy, deciding that the part involved "too much incest".

He declined a chance to serve on the congressionally appointed Iraq Study Group, citing "previous time commitments".

From the dizzy heights of 1988 to his terrible torment of 1989, a year so bad that he had to decline a chance to play in the Ryder Cup.

In refusing to take up the case, the justices declined a chance to elaborate on the privilege for the first time in more than 50 years.

He declined a chance to participate in the opening ceremony, believing he embodied the Olympic ideal and should have been chosen to light the Olympic caldron.

Mr. Rubio, for example, declined a chance to please the crowd on Tuesday morning by fully endorsing a "no budget, no pay" bill that would deny lawmakers' salaries until they pass a budget.