Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] down for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 2 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 3 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |
| 4 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 5 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 6 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 7 | Another £100.000 was put down for the National Union of Journalists , despite its clear and well-known policy of not investing in newspapers because of the inevitable conflict of interest in its role as champion of higher wages for journalists . |