Example sentences of "[pron] turned down the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He has suggested , though , that the two practices should merge , and seemed amazed when I turned down the idea . |
2 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |
3 | The birthday princess was serenaded by Phil the year she turned down the offer of a party from Charles . |
4 | She turned down the gas and hurried to intercept the intruder . |
5 | She turned down the heat quicKly but some of the fat had splashed on to the flames and the blue smoke increased in density . |
6 | Shrugging , she turned down the right-hand one , looking for ‘ likely doors ’ . |
7 | The Edinburgh " female question " clearly had repercussions outside the city , as can be seen from the reasons given by the Arbiter who turned down the Glasgow compositors " pay-claim in 1904 . |
8 | Of these only one , Bonitus , who had been appointed while still a layman , is said to have had scruples about his elevation , although he can be compared with the comes Genesius , who turned down the see prior to the election of Praeiectus . |
9 | ‘ Is that why you turned down the fifth series ? ’ |
10 | The snow crunched a protest under the car wheels , as we turned down the country road which led to our home , thoughts of a hot cup of tea uppermost in our minds . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | It was not clear if Mrs Shephard herself turned down the requests . |
13 | ‘ 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 . |
14 | They turned down the offer of free council flat in a city where 2,000 people are on a long-term homeless list . |
15 | But after magistrates heard from the pig centre and from the RSPCA , they turned down the application . |
16 | The morning air was sharp and bracing as he turned down the avenue . |
17 | ‘ He turned down the part I offered him then — which was the best thing he ever did . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I am employing the kind of argument that has been used to resist demands that God prove Himself by miraculous interventions of some form — demands that in Christian tradition Christ himself refused to satisfy when he turned down the Pharisees ' request for a ‘ sign ’ and asked that they have faith instead . |
20 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
21 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
22 | To prove this , he turned down the role of the American archaeologist in Ingmar Bergman 's The Touch , because the shooting would coincide with the birth of his child . |
23 | He turned down the blankets and Willie climbed in between the sheets . |
24 | The room was hot when he entered , and he turned down the thermostat on the wall . |
25 | It was night when he turned down the A1120 , drove through Yoxford and continued along the winding country road . |
26 | After an impressive first year as a factory rider , Zeelenberg was in big demand but he turned down the lucrative offers without a moment 's hesitation . |
27 | He turned down the alley which led to the Incident Room . |
28 | As he turned down the passageway Ian wondered just how true that would turn out to be . |
29 | In a letter to Klaus on Aug. 21 , he said that he considered further talks " unsuitable " and accused the Czech side of failing to live up to previous agreements , and on Aug. 24 he turned down the Czech Prime Minister 's formal invitation to the talks . |
30 | He turned down the lamp and wondered how he was going to get in without wakening her ; when suddenly she started up , crying out with despair , fighting to be free of the blankets . |