Example sentences of "[modal v] turn down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Adam interrupted Miranda 's reverie by saying , ‘ By the way , Paul Littlejohn says that the trustees regretfully must turn down your request for funds to redecorate your house . |
| 2 | ‘ I believe our communities expect the number of uniformed police trying to combat these crime should also be increased ‘ It seems ridiculous that the Home Secretary should turn down County Durham Constabulary 's bid for only 20 additional officers . ’ |
| 3 | I 'll turn down the heat when I get back . " |
| 4 | Er it 's no good saying you 'll turn down the central heating and you 'll only take one holiday instead of two , that 's not really the purpose of retirement , and I think you 've got to be objective about what you 're doing with this . |
| 5 | ‘ There was a lot to do with telephones , ’ says Ian , ‘ like you could turn down the stereo as you picked up the phone ! ’ |
| 6 | She did not feel she could turn down such charity without proof of the necessary conditions of rejection . |
| 7 | I would turn down an Oscar to see my boy at a baseball game or my girl at a song recital . |
| 8 | ‘ I would turn down ads for foreign foods if I was offered them , ’ added the Scottish-born actor , who owns a Jaguar and a Rolls Royce . |
| 9 | Lizzie would put everything away ; she would turn down the bedclothes at a neat angle and put in the hot-water bottle as late as possible . |
| 10 | Come on people : How many of you would turn down such a contract if it were offered to you . |
| 11 | He 's the sort of man no girl in her right mind would turn down , if you know what I mean . |
| 12 | ‘ It is beyond me to understand why you would turn down what I offer when it 's what you want . ’ |
| 13 | And you could almost imagine Boaz hoping against hope that the other kinsman would turn down the offer and so he delighted when that happened . |
| 14 | To reduce this the hearing aid wearer will turn down the volume of his aid , and would therefore lose the amplification he had gained from the Audio Telescope . |
| 15 | Does he not know that people will actually die , old folk who will turn down the heat without telling anyone ? |
| 16 | Indeed , the Consumer Credit Association ( representing predominantly weekly collection small credit traders and moneylenders ) told us that their members may turn down about half of all the applications they get . |
| 17 | You can turn down a fire hose to water a garden , but you can not turn up a garden hose sufficiently to tackle a fire . |
| 18 | You ca n't usually " turn off " the picture in the same way you can turn down the sound but there are various ways you can organise things so that the class is presented with the soundtrack only : |