Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] turned down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while , though , when I 'd turned down the side-street where the house was I hoped ) , there were no more sounds to frighten me , and as a result of course I grew much more afraid of the stuffed , dripping silence . |
| 2 | My mother could n't believe I 'd turned down the highest single accolade known to show business aside from This Is Your Life ( which I 've also managed to avoid by dint of a pact with the reclusive man with whom I share my digs ) . |
| 3 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ All right , ’ I had said listlessly , disconcerting my mother considerably , since I was perfectly aware that she had expected me to turn down this preposterous proposal with as much intractability as I had turned down the others . |
| 5 | She 'd turned down the offers of promotion because of Emily . |
| 6 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 7 | Manager Trevor Francis confirmed yesterday that he had turned down the huge offer from Toulon . |
| 8 | 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 . |