Example sentences of "[conj] he turned [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room was hot when he entered , and he turned down the thermostat on the wall . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was a fatal move , of course , because when he turned back the leprechaun had gone . ’ |
| 6 | As he turned down the passageway Ian wondered just how true that would turn out to be . |
| 7 | The morning air was sharp and bracing as he turned down the avenue . |
| 8 | As he turned back the coverlet of the bed where he must sleep alone , Frere consoled himself with the thought that what he was incapable of accomplishing himself might be accomplished for him by time and that providential hand , of which , in his earnest efforts outside the home , he was the faithful instrument . |
| 9 | As he turned out the gas jet he whistled to himself . |