Example sentences of "turn [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 2 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 3 | ‘ Or maybe I 'm a fruitarian bat , ’ said Marina , laughing , ‘ the one that got turned down for every Drac film because she would n't suck blood . |
| 4 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 5 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |
| 6 | He kept forgetting they would write it down : he seems to have thought — most of the time — that they had just turned up for a friendly drink . |
| 7 | Most of them apparently turned up for the first Sunday game at the picturesque University ground . |
| 8 | He has not turned up for the past two meetings of the Supreme National Council , which he chairs and which is supposed to govern Cambodia , in conjunction with the UN , in the period up to the election . |
| 9 | It is a popular story that the Fascists did at least get the trains to run on time , and had that been all things might have turned out for the better , but the Duce also evolved the theory of Italia Irredenta , ‘ Unrecovered Italy ’ . |
| 10 | We sailed into a murky , airless dawn veiled by the thin drizzle of a Scotch Mist , and I turned in for a few hours . |
| 11 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 12 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 13 | Turning away for the umpteenth time , she gave a little frustrated sigh . |
| 14 | THE wheels of justice began turning yesterday for the former Bolivian Interior Minister , Mr Luis Arce Gomez , when he appeared before a Miami magistrate following his arrest and deportation from Bolivia . |
| 15 | Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp . |
| 16 | OLD salt Sydney Barnes , 83 , turned up for a naval reunion and found he was the only one there . |
| 17 | ‘ I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week . |
| 18 | Morris turned up for the new campaign with a sensational 133 , the first 100 off 60 balls and the second 50 off only 16 , against Minor Counties champions Staffordshire in a pre-season testimonial match for Barnett . |
| 19 | As a regular attender of Irish League games could I suggest that the 22,000 who turned up for the United v Villa debacle perhaps try the fare served up in the Irish League which I 've no doubt they would find much more exciting ( unless Bangor and Ards are involved ! ) |
| 20 | He was also afraid that when he turned up for the next practice , Amber and Jeopardy 's argument would be resolved , and he would no longer be required . |
| 21 | More than 40,000 fans turned up for the 12-hour event , Britain 's biggest-ever legal Rave gig . |
| 22 | If he was up for a part in a Night Nurse commercial he 'd be sure to get it unless Mickey Rourke turned up for the same audition . |
| 23 | ‘ Well ’ — she straightened her broad shoulders ‘ perhaps everything 's turning out for the best then . |
| 24 | Liverpool City Council 's leisure services department believe more than 30,000 people turned out for a thrilling 20-minute extravaganza . |
| 25 | Yet all turned out for the best : on 20 July 1836 , Daniel Jones returned Benjamin his indenture , only too pleased to inscribe on the back of it the fact that he had appreciated the boy 's seven years with him , and making him a generous gift of five pounds in the process . |
| 26 | So it , it was it turned out for the best . |
| 27 | The World Cup limited the domestic appearances of the leading players so that an unusually high number of 103 turned out for the six first-class teams . |
| 28 | HUNDREDS of runners turned out for the annual Race The Train cross country event on the Talyllyn Railway on August 15 . |
| 29 | WIND and rain greeted golfers who turned out for the annual Good Friday match between Tayside Region and Aberdeen District at Forfar Golf Club . |
| 30 | A record number of Guinness pensioners turned out for the annual pensioners ' party at Park Royal this month — almost 1,000 descended on the brewery grounds to remenisce about their lives in the brewery . |