Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] turned down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The room was hot when he entered , and he turned down the thermostat on the wall . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ He has suggested , though , that the two practices should merge , and seemed amazed when I turned down the idea . |
| 7 | The snow crunched a protest under the car wheels , as we turned down the country road which led to our home , thoughts of a hot cup of tea uppermost in our minds . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The morning air was sharp and bracing as he turned down the avenue . |
| 10 | As he turned down the passageway Ian wondered just how true that would turn out to be . |