Example sentences of "been turned down [prep] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ The developer is seeking the release for housing of a one field width strip parallel to the Glebe Road which had previously been turned down by planners . |
| 4 | On July 13 the Home Affairs Minister , S. B. Chavan , who had visited Ayodhya the previous day , told the Lok Sabha ( lower house of parliament ) that the central government 's offer to provide additional security to ensure that the disputed land was not encroached upon had been turned down by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh . |
| 5 | The show 's organisers had approached more well-known institutions and had been turned down by Los Angeles MOCA , the Art Institute of Chicago , the Monterrey Museum in Mexico ( which had used a Basquiat work as the cover for its inaugural catalogue ) , and by the Pompidou Centre in Paris . |
| 6 | ah , it was alright , er , it was a bit , David did a good performance , erm , and there was this boy in the first year , and he was apparently been turned down by Lambda Do you know who Lambda are , I do n't even know who they are . |
| 7 | Just as he could have received promotion over the years , but had always been turned down in favour of someone younger . |