Example sentences of "[noun prp] has [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 | RICHARD Dunwoody has turned down the chance to renew his association with former Champion Kribensis in the Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly , there is a feeling that Northern Ireland has slipped down the Government 's agenda , in view of all its other financial worries . |
| 9 | Mr Hall has pared down the bebop style and you are left with the spirit , minus the meaningless displays of technique . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | MICKEY ROURKE 'S wife CARRIE OTIS has turned down a £500,000 cosmetics deal so she can spend more time with her hubby … |
| 13 | WORLD heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe has turned down an Pounds 8 million offer to defend his title against Lennox Lewis . |
| 14 | Former West Indies captain Viv Richards has turned down a lucrative offer to play Currie Cup cricket for South Africa 's Western Province . |
| 15 | Hughie said : ‘ You can say that shipbuilding in Whitby has gone down the sewer . |
| 16 | As Boz rose unsteadily to hands and knees , Christian said to the watching gipsies , ‘ When Boz has calmed down a little , tell him my offer still stands . |
| 17 | Climbing grades can often conceal the true character of a route , as Dave Cook has discovered down the years |
| 18 | ANDY Platt has turned down an Aussie gold bonanza to stay with Wigan in their quest for more titles . |
| 19 | Parry has turned down an offer to play in the World Matchplay and with it , an automatic £12,500 reward , and has also decided to pull out of a couple of rich Japanese tournaments , so that he can play again next week in the BMW International . |
| 20 | WREXHAM manager Brian Flynn has thrown down the gauntlet to much-travelled striker Howard Gayle , who trained at the Racecourse for the first time yesterday . |
| 21 | He is a natural opener , and Paul Terry has dropped down the order to accommodate him . |
| 22 | CHELSEA striker Joe Allon has turned down a record £275,000 transfer to First Division Brentford . |
| 23 | Chelsea striker Joe Allon has turned down a record £275,000 transfer to First Division Brentford . |
| 24 | And in 1994 , expect an IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Corp Windows NT port ‘ when NT has settled down a little bit , ’ says Schuster . |
| 25 | And in 1994 , expect an IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Corp Windows NT version ‘ when NT has settled down a little bit , ’ says Schuster . |
| 26 | North sat down beside him and whispered , ‘ Max has shut down the resupply of the pilots . ’ |