Example sentences of "[vb past] turned [adv prt] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd turned down the offers of promotion because of Emily . |
| 2 | Gurder had turned over the leadership of the Stationeri to Nisodemus . |
| 3 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 4 | The party had officially received less than 3 per cent of the votes in the April general election ( see p. 36603 ) , and before the poll Mestiri had turned down a proposal by the ruling RCD for a national coalition . |
| 5 | Mitchell , who had turned down a place in Scotland 's team for the world cross-country trial to concentrate on his marathon commitments , clocked 2hr 21min 56 sec . |
| 6 | Earlier that season Stewart had turned down the chance of an amateur international cap for England against Wales in order to play for Casuals against Wimbledon . |
| 7 | Chatichai had turned down the leadership of the party to which he had formerly belonged , Chart Thai , on July 2 citing old age ( he was 70 ) and political reasons . |
| 8 | They said that James Salperton had turned down the offer of a fifth series and the producers were unwilling to continue without him . |
| 9 | Because his wife did not want to move house he had turned down the job of guarding Ted Heath in the Close at Salisbury ; he had been given Margaret instead . |
| 10 | Cumberland was for the moment needed in England and after , to everyone 's relief , the discredited Field Marshal Wade had turned down the post of Commander-in-Chief in Scotland it was , on 24 December , accepted by Lieut-General Henry Hawley , known from his record as a disciplinarian as ‘ Hangman Hawley ’ . |
| 11 | But the guy who joined Cyril at that time , Cliff Barton , was a buddy of mine who lived opposite me , and who had turned down the gig with Mayall . |
| 12 | It had turned down an offer by the UN , under which Iraqi exports of up to 1,000,000 bpd would be permitted if the revenues were spent on humanitarian aid [ see p. 38742 ] , arguing that the conditions were unacceptable . |