Example sentences of "turn down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , in the end we just could n't turn down the money . |
| 2 | Council leader Michael Carr said : ‘ We can not turn down the opportunity of extra resources for areas of particular need . |
| 3 | Hilda did not turn down the gas . |
| 4 | ‘ There was a lot to do with telephones , ’ says Ian , ‘ like you could turn down the stereo as you picked up the phone ! ’ |
| 5 | Never mind what they say about not working with children and animals … why turn down the chance to see Scuba and Scubette , the performing otters , make their small screen debut ? |
| 6 | He would then turn down the fell and begin to race , faster as it grew steeper , more furiously as the half-ton of slate threatened to catch him up and ( as happened regularly ) crush against him , until , blown with exhaustion , he reached the unloading bays at the foot of the fell . |
| 7 | To reduce this the hearing aid wearer will turn down the volume of his aid , and would therefore lose the amplification he had gained from the Audio Telescope . |
| 8 | I 'll turn down the heat when I get back . " |
| 9 | Does he not know that people will actually die , old folk who will turn down the heat without telling anyone ? |
| 10 | And you could almost imagine Boaz hoping against hope that the other kinsman would turn down the offer and so he delighted when that happened . |
| 11 | Lizzie would put everything away ; she would turn down the bedclothes at a neat angle and put in the hot-water bottle as late as possible . |
| 12 | You ca n't usually " turn off " the picture in the same way you can turn down the sound but there are various ways you can organise things so that the class is presented with the soundtrack only : |