Example sentences of "he turned down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it might be possible for a 50-year-old with a heart condition to be acting reasonably if he turned down a job involving more stress and daily travel , whereas a 30-year-old executive with no personal problems who rejected the same offer might forfeit his claim to statutory redundancy pay . |
| 2 | He turned down a job in a famous public school and wrote to Aunt Lilian , a long , very high-flown letter , saying that he believed social segregation in education to be totally wrong and that he could have no part in perpetuating it . |
| 3 | Second , he turned down a proposal from the Kennedy administration to create a Multilateral Nuclear Force ( MLF ) , in which British and French nuclear forces would have been integrated with some American forces under NATO command . |
| 4 | He turned down a side-street , slowing as he slid in behind another vehicle . |
| 5 | DARLINGTON defender Mark Sunley yesterday revealed the reason why he turned down a move to Motherwell . |
| 6 | McCreery left last month after he turned down a new contract . |
| 7 | The morning air was sharp and bracing as he turned down the avenue . |
| 8 | ‘ He turned down the part I offered him then — which was the best thing he ever did . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He turned down the blankets and Willie climbed in between the sheets . |
| 15 | The room was hot when he entered , and he turned down the thermostat on the wall . |
| 16 | It was night when he turned down the A1120 , drove through Yoxford and continued along the winding country road . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He turned down the alley which led to the Incident Room . |
| 19 | As he turned down the passageway Ian wondered just how true that would turn out to be . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He turned down the cover and peeped at the baby 's heads . |
| 23 | On his death the people of Clermont elected the comes Genesius , but he turned down the office , because , as a layman , he regarded the appointment as uncanonical . |
| 24 | Early in his career he turned down the title role in David Lean 's Lawrence of Arabia ( eventually played by Peter O'Toole ) after producer Sam Speigel insisted he sign a long-term picture deal . |
| 25 | ‘ Enjoyed our first day serving King and country , ‘ ave we ? ’ asked the duty corporal of his charges , when at twenty-one hundred hours he turned down the gas lights in the barrack room . |
| 26 | But because he turned down an out of court settlement of £10,000 in August , his financial backers , the RCN , now face paying a large share of a costs bill of around £25,000 . |
| 27 | PETER WINTERBOTTOM , the club captain , is so intent on Harlequins retaining the Pilkington Cup that yesterday he turned down an invitation to play three centenary matches for a world team against the All Blacks in New Zealand later this month . |
| 28 | He turned down an offer last week but I 'm going to make him a little better offer next week . ’ |