Example sentences of "he [vb past] turned down " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that it was when he got turned down for the job of a bus conductor . |
| 2 | He refused to be roused by her anger , suspecting she was furious he 'd turned down her invitation to stay . |
| 3 | Then he looked it up and found it was some priceless Tsarist cross he 'd turned down . |
| 4 | Even before Saturday Night and Sunday Morning pushed him to the front of young British actors , he 'd turned down post-RADA contracts with Rank and Associated British Pictures Corporation . |
| 5 | It was said that he had turned down promotion to sergeant , in return for being allowed to play cricket for his county . |
| 6 | Manager Trevor Francis confirmed yesterday that he had turned down the huge offer from Toulon . |
| 7 | Because his wife did not want to move house he had turned down the job of guarding Ted Heath in the Close at Salisbury ; he had been given Margaret instead . |