Example sentences of "[prep] turning down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After turning down a Melody Maker request on these grounds , editor Allan Jones asked Morrissey for a convenient alternative . |
| 2 | Former England batsman Bill Athey is leaving Gloucestershire after turning down a new two-year contract . |
| 3 | Among them was Carmen Azzopardi , who had been racked with guilt after turning down a request from Bernadette to mind Farrah . |
| 4 | He has been waiting for the right offer for some time after turning down an approach from Italian club Pisa several seasons ago . |
| 5 | Prime Minister John Major has been accused of being insensitive after turning down an invitation to visit Hartlepool from the town 's Labour candidate , Peter Mandelson . |
| 6 | NEALE Doughty was left with egg on his face after turning down the ride on Haydock stalwart Twin Oaks in favour of Pat 's Jester yesterday . |
| 7 | Former England coach Steve Harrison is back at Crystal Palace after turning down the assistant manager 's job at Scottish Premier Division St Johnstone . |
| 8 | The 34-year-old has been given a free transfer after turning down the offer of a new contract . |
| 9 | The opposite of turning down the sound is blacking out the picture . |
| 10 | As already mentioned the legislation does not consider low pay as an acceptable reason for turning down a job . |
| 11 | He suspects that a black mark went firmly down against his name for turning down the job and when he was later asked to become personnel manager for that division of ICI he was left in no doubt that it was an offer he should not refuse . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They had no choice in the matter , unlike Diana who has only herself to blame for turning down the Queen 's invitation to join the other Royals . |
| 14 | Hartlepool had no hesitation in turning down a bid from an unnamed Scottish Premier League club last week . |
| 15 | He shook his head , smiling ironically , then took a quick swig from the can , before turning down the volume of the TV and picking up the phone . |
| 16 | The suggestions put forward in the first three leaflets of the three-year campaign range from turning down the thermostat and turning off unnecessary lights to installing double glazing . |
| 17 | KATHLEEN MACK , a 74-year-old stud owner , has forced a development company to amend its plans for a new overspill village for Cambridge by turning down a £6m offer and chasing the company 's surveyors off her land with a shotgun , writes Christian Wolmar . |