Example sentences of "turn it down " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not aware of any post being sought for him by the Government and , if offered one , would have turned it down . |
| 2 | She threw her head back , shaking the limp hair out of her eyes and challenged him : ‘ Well , would you have turned it down ? ’ |
| 3 | Corman 's ALP had already turned it down because although they liked the idea of another biker film , the prospect of Hopper — bearing in mind his recent reputation — bringing in the picture without problems hardly seemed worth the gamble . |
| 4 | I 'd have turned it down without asking except I thought you might be interested — ah — because … ’ he shrugged , unable to find a tactful way of saying that this was the best offer she would get all year . |
| 5 | Only a fool would have turned it down , of course , but he was uncomfortably aware that Anthea , who had persuaded him to apply , had been instrumental in his appointment . |
| 6 | If Brook Street had n't convinced me I could do it , my confidence was so low I think I might have turned it down , ’ she says . |
| 7 | It would not have been wise for his health , or that of his wife and three children , to have turned it down . |
| 8 | After the major record companies had turned it down , Right Said Fred had it remixed ( borrowing money from Lloyds Bank , Putney ) and Holmes formed a record label , Tug . |
| 9 | He had offered her the front seat for the last leg , but she had turned it down . |
| 10 | I 've turned it down . ’ |
| 11 | After the third ‘ Carry On ’ , the cast had been offered a profit-sharing scheme — and had all turned it down on the advice of their agents , who thought they would be better off getting increased salaries . |
| 12 | Yeah , Joyce has turned it down to one |
| 13 | I 've turned it down now . |
| 14 | I 've turned it down . |
| 15 | Oh you 've turned it down ? |
| 16 | Well I 've turned it down and then it blew out , there , right . |
| 17 | I 've turned it down . |
| 18 | Good evening , hello Richard , mm , mm they have turned it down , oh good |
| 19 | Not realising the long-term strategy behind the offer , Haslam turned it down , regarding it as an inferior job for someone with his mining engineering skills . |
| 20 | But anyway , he and Hermione turned it down . ’ |
| 21 | Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Her camp turned it down , ’ he explained weeks later , still incredulous at the decision . |
| 23 | Mr Hart said : ‘ They all turned it down , they told me I was nuts . ’ |
| 24 | For personal reasons , he turned it down , but he is an enthusiastic European , and is the president of the Federation of European Cancer Societies , and on the councils of other international research bodies . |
| 25 | Beatty turned it down as not being a big enough role , and so Polanski went for Robert Redford . |
| 26 | It was probably the best chance for the ‘ Jordanian option ’ , but Israel turned it down , and the United Arab Kingdom proposal died . |
| 27 | It was an inspired idea to offer the part to the ‘ eternal virgin' of the fifties and early sixties , but Day , nearing the end of her career , turned it down because , ‘ It offended my sense of values . ’ |
| 28 | As far back as August 1965 , when James Leo Herlihy 's novel Midnight Cowboy was first published , it had done the rounds of every major studio , all of which turned it down . |
| 29 | Lord Penrose , hearing the interdict late at night in his home , turned it down . |
| 30 | Olivier turned it down flat and tried to persuade Vivien to do likewise . |