Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former Yorkshire and England fast bowler Arnie Sidebottom has turned down the offer of a coaching post at Surrey . |
| 2 | FORMER Arsenal winger George Armstrong has turned down the chance to become Malcolm Crosby 's assistant at Sunderland . |
| 3 | Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two . |
| 4 | Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two . |
| 5 | FILM legend Liz Taylor has turned down the chance of a comeback … playing a lesbian rancher . |
| 6 | Given such a broad international consensus , shared by the more accommodationist Israeli and Western liberals , it is hardly surprising that since 1974 the PLO has played down the refugee issue , and concentrated on the only acceptable diplomacy concerning a territorial return to the 1949 Armistice Line . |
| 7 | At the CPSU congress currently in session Gorbachev tried to play down the significance of the strikes , claiming that the " general strike " urged by independent miner 's leaders had not materialized . |
| 8 | RICHARD Dunwoody has turned down the chance to renew his association with former Champion Kribensis in the Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday . |
| 9 | Twice , when Meredith ordered ‘ Two steps stage left ’ and Geoffrey moved to the right , Meredith came bounding down the centre aisle shouting ‘ Left , left , ducky ’ and leapt onto the apron to seize him by the shoulders and shove him into place . |
| 10 | BOSNIA 'S UN commander General Philippe Morillon hoped to nail down a cease-fire between Serb , Moslem and Croat military chiefs today . |
| 11 | Imagine , then , that Mandela had written down the story of his life , and that the manuscript was for sale . |
| 12 | She clung to the belief that Friend had sneaked down the wires through Karel 's network and one day he would come to rescue her … . |
| 13 | Barrie Nye from Woughton on the Green in Milton Keynes had flagged down a lorry with smoking tyres on the M-One near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire . |
| 14 | The luthier , Tony Rockett attempted to track down a new steel rod for my bass , only to discover that nobody in this country supplies Warwick spares . |
| 15 | In recent years other radio astronomers in Cambridge and New Mexico have pinned down the positions of previously unidentified galaxies with increasing accuracy . |
| 16 | He and Mrs Taylor came tearing down the yard to see what was up . |
| 17 | Not surprisingly , there is a feeling that Northern Ireland has slipped down the Government 's agenda , in view of all its other financial worries . |
| 18 | Mr Hall has pared down the bebop style and you are left with the spirit , minus the meaningless displays of technique . |
| 19 | Mr Salmond has put down a Commons motion condemning the Budget changes in the oil taxation regime , which he says will cost the industry £500 million more in revenue to the exchequer in the first year . |
| 20 | Mr. Leapor has put down a Grave-Stone in Memory of his Daughter ; and I should be glad if any of the ingenious Gentlemen you mention would be so good as to write a few Lines to be put upon it |
| 21 | As Benny had walked down the town , Mr Kennedy called her into the chemist . |
| 22 | ‘ At least you left Fernando on good terms , ’ he went on as he pulled up in front of the stone steps of the mansion that Ruth had fled down a century ago . |
| 23 | Members in Ireland have tracked down the original carriage ; it was acting as a holiday home , and was virtually intact ! |
| 24 | ( First Edition ) WARRINGTON have turned down a transfer request from Neil Harmon , their 21-year-old prop forward . |
| 25 | Perhaps Wordsworth intended to break down the cultivated reader 's protective distinction between literature and life : he certainly succeeded in confusing people , in 1798 and ever since . |
| 26 | MICKEY ROURKE 'S wife CARRIE OTIS has turned down a £500,000 cosmetics deal so she can spend more time with her hubby … |
| 27 | WORLD heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe has turned down an Pounds 8 million offer to defend his title against Lennox Lewis . |
| 28 | Downing Street tried to dampen down the story , saying the press officer had not mentioned anything about ‘ whingers ’ . |
| 29 | So far , with Worrell having turned down the chance , no one had been able to complain about the captaincy ; but by now Worrell had his degree , was very much available , and Alexander himself expected him to be made captain for the tour by England in 1959–60 . |
| 30 | Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand . |