Example sentences of "turn [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a duty was a duty , a posting could not be evaded by a Major who had been turned down for promotion to Colonel . |
| 2 | As unemployment began to escalate it may also have been true that those who were the first to be made redundant or were turned down for work were those who were least efficient . |
| 3 | With an annual rate of 5,000 unsolicited manuscripts , 90 per cent of which are turned down for publication , the editors are in a good position to choose exactly what is required for ‘ the rose of romance ’ brand-name . |
| 4 | Women , it is widely believed , are turned down for jobs by men who fear that , without warning , they will take time off to have children . |
| 5 | Four in five employees surveyed believed they had been turned down for jobs because they were too old , even though they had the right skills . |
| 6 | The request was turned down for fear of creating a traffic hazard as Joseph Pease 's statue later did . |
| 7 | Derby have had an ambitious bid turned down for Bryan Robson , Manchester United 's former England skipper . |
| 8 | Most of it has n't been turned over for years . |
| 9 | ‘ Take a look behind , nephew , ’ came the answer , ‘ and you will see that already the litter carrying the prince has turned off for Westminster ! ’ |
| 10 | At 0810 he gathered his staff around him for the daily conference to discuss the day ahead , before taking the morning parade of those attending various courses at the school , to ensure that everyone had turned up for work . |
| 11 | Mr. Maton had worked for many years as a solicitor 's clerk , he had not turned up for work that day , the young man sent to check the reason had found Mr. Maton dead in the kitchen , the small loaf collected on his way home from work the previous evening still in its wrapping on the table . |
| 12 | Paula James , Matthew Glyrm 's youthful amanuensis ( after a one-year course in office routines at the technical college ) had turned up for work as usual , unaware of the events which had robbed her of her employer . |
| 13 | Emily Lightbody had not turned up for work since the preceding Friday , a rare occurrence in all her thirty years of service . |
| 14 | Mrs Allen 's body was found at her Harberton Park home on Tuesday morning after a senior officer at the Maze informed Banbridge police that she had not turned up for work . |
| 15 | But the dear old garment mysteriously turned up for sale at an auction in our social club . |
| 16 | There was some muttering among officials after the game that only nine players had turned up for training on Tuesday , but despite the defeat coach Bruce Liddle remained cheerfully optimistic . |
| 17 | We went properly turned out for Sunday service . |
| 18 | Some may have regretted the excursion and eventually turned back for home . |
| 19 | Josie found her when she turned in for work at the club that evening . |
| 20 | The cars then travelled south on the A1 before turning off for Ripon . |
| 21 | Penny and her Second , Sylvia , talked about it all the way to the corner where Sylvia turned off for home , and Penny only remembered her lost budgie again when Sylvia said goodbye and added : ‘ I do hope you find Kelpie soon , Penny . ’ |
| 22 | Moreover , children attending school and adults turning up for work inevitably have their liberty restricted : simply because the engagement in one activity necessarily restricts their opportunity to participate in other activities , that is , restriction by effect . |
| 23 | He remembered her in the old days , singing at parties for hours and then turning up for rehearsal next day without any sign of strain or tiredness in her voice . |
| 24 | He saved one of the Signals Waafs from getting into trouble through not turning up for duty on time , simply by staying at his post until she finally did appear . |
| 25 | I think they thought , who is this bloke that keeps turning up for practices but does n't actually do anything and has never heard of the Who ! ’ |
| 26 | The report says percentages of women turning up for screening have also been encouraging . |
| 27 | Post offices , railway stations and schools had the new , and the rest the old ; in the cottages there was friction as children and their fathers turned up for meals at different times . |
| 28 | When kept under conditions of constant light and temperature , they still turned up for meals at regular intervals . |
| 29 | Only 17 anglers turned up for Sunday 's Notts AA Open on the Trent at Shelford so a match was organised downstream at East Bridgeford where there was a stunning result . |
| 30 | Few men turned up for work — no Sandy McGlashan , and no Donald McCulloch of course . |