Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand . |
| 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 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 4 | Now that the Commission has turned down the unanimous decision of the Catering Sub-Committee to invite the London food commission to give advice on how healthy and nutritious the food in the Members ' and Strangers ' Cafeterias is , what will the Leader of the House do to improve the situation ? |
| 5 | Manager Trevor Francis confirmed yesterday that he had turned down the huge offer from Toulon . |
| 6 | Rudely , without waiting for him to hand it to her , she snatched it out of his hand , then anxiously turned over the scrawled papers one by one . |
| 7 | Dyson slowly turned over the empty pages of his diary . |
| 8 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 9 | The man who 'd turned up the sexual voltage after their night out , only to be found embracing his secretary at precisely the time they 'd agreed to meet today … |
| 10 | Léonie 's turned out the difficult one , the neat script ran on : I tell Madeleine she should be stricter with her but of course I must n't criticize her too much . |
| 11 | Turned out the last time the staff had seen him he was a student here and he 'd made such an arsehole of himself they 'd sworn they 'd never let him back in ! |
| 12 | Thoughtfully , she went back out to her car , got behind the wheel and drove slowly out of the village , turning down the narrow , winding lane to Finningham . |
| 13 | Former England coach Steve Harrison is back at Crystal Palace after turning down the assistant manager 's job at Scottish Premier Division St Johnstone . |
| 14 | On 18 October , therefore , the British government turned down the new fare proposals from American operators , while the CAA rejected British Airways ' request . |
| 15 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 16 | ‘ Is that why you turned down the fifth series ? ’ |
| 17 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
| 18 | Shrugging , she turned down the right-hand one , looking for ‘ likely doors ’ . |
| 19 | But only Motherwell have shown interest and Hauser turned down the Premier League side after failing to agree personal terms . |
| 20 | Lucy sounded hesitant as Virginia turned down the long curving drive of the house , pulled the estate car into the shade of the cedar tree and cut the engine . |
| 21 | Mungo turned down the right flank of the sleeping monster , towards the hole in its side . |
| 22 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |
| 23 | The media was not interested : the New York Times gave it two paragraphs ; Life and Look magazines turned down the excellent investigative article by Washington freelance journalist Seymour Hersh , and the big news organisations failed to follow up tips about the case . |
| 24 | The midday sun glinted against the bronze bas-reliefs of famous battle scenes on Napoleon 's column as Chantal steered the Harley-Davidson through the place de l'Opéra and turned down the busy rue de la Paix . |
| 25 | The barmaid turned down the chintzy bed cover . |
| 26 | In a letter to Klaus on Aug. 21 , he said that he considered further talks " unsuitable " and accused the Czech side of failing to live up to previous agreements , and on Aug. 24 he turned down the Czech Prime Minister 's formal invitation to the talks . |
| 27 | But Labour and Liberal Democrats turned down the Conservative budget . |
| 28 | After an impressive first year as a factory rider , Zeelenberg was in big demand but he turned down the lucrative offers without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 29 | ‘ Somebody told me that they saw the Bad Seeds recently and the show was being recorded , and that Blixa had had his volume knob turned down the whole time ! |
| 30 | In 1684 he turned over the retail side of his business to Francis Saunders and his partner Joseph Knight . |