Example sentences of "[adv prt] an [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking about his future , Keith says that he has turned down an approach from Rugby and it 's up to Gloucester now whether they keep him on . |
| 2 | GALA have turned down an invitation to Currie rugby sevens on Sunday , April 4 — anticipating that they will be involved in a title decider with Melrose three days later . |
| 3 | In one of the many meetings on Nov. 8-9 , Rajiv Gandhi , leader of Congress ( I ) ( which with 193 of the 525 Lok Sabha seats had led the opposition to Singh 's government and had constituted the largest single party block ) , apparently turned down an invitation from President Venkataraman to form a Congress ( I ) government . |
| 4 | Fira President Albert Ferrasse turned down an invitation from SARFU to extend his tour to South Africa for two games , one against a South African selection . |
| 5 | He got dealers to track down an enthusiast in Essex who had got in ahead of him , and made the supergenerous offer for the supercar . |
| 6 | A l'Image Nostre Dame , down an alley off Rue du Marché aux Herbes , is a friendly old Flemish tavern , while Kitty O'Shea 's , 123 Rue Stevin , is where the local Irish folk and other from Berlaymont go to talk the night away . |
| 7 | With a considerable number of men in plaster , he resorted to constructing a sled which sped down an incline on rails , from which the trainee rolled off sideways . |
| 8 | The mother of the W children in Orkney , whose allegations led to the 1991 dawn raids , has turned down an offer of £100,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board . |
| 9 | Defoe 's Roxana explains why she has turned down an offer of marriage from a Dutch merchant : ‘ … |
| 10 | He had reportedly turned down an offer from Kaunda of the post of labour minister and a position on the central committee of UNIP — a decision which was said to have had much to do with the MMD's decision in April to choose him as its presidential candidate [ see p. 38133 ] . |
| 11 | They went across a lawn down an avenue of mulberry trees , past a thickly planted orange grove . |
| 12 | Edward Gage tracks down an exhibition of art devoted to dog racing and finds a winning combination |
| 13 | Even though X/Open no longer has any formal relationship with the Foundation , following the Cambridge , Massachusetts-based group 's withdrawal from its board at the end of last year , the open systems standards body has nailed down an agreement with OSF which will see all DCE specifications integrated into its Common Applications Environment , CAE , interfaces over the next 12 to 18 months . |
| 14 | To preempt the danger of a revolutionary regime dominating the nearby Musandam peninsula , the Shah in 1973 sent a contingent to help the Sultan of Oman put down an insurrection in Dhofar province prompted by its communist neighbour , South Yemen . |
| 15 | Mickey 's invited us to a party at his house , and no one turns down an invite to Mickey 's ! |
| 16 | " The government has thrown down an apple of discord which has burst into flames and flooded the country " . |
| 17 | The Forum turned down an application by Taiwan to join the Forum 's dialogue partners , but acknowledged that it was interested in discussing economic development with Taiwan . |
| 18 | Shilton , winner of a record 125 caps and a star of three World Cup campaigns , received the red card for slicing down an opponent in front of just 4,194 fans at humble Hull . |
| 19 | Each £250 or part of £250 will be treated as if it were bringing in an income of £1 a week . |
| 20 | It 's been argued by it 's supporters that it ushered in an era of peace . |
| 21 | Kelly died on December 7 but had earlier filled in an appointment for December 8 . |
| 22 | Young women married to salesmen , for once , took an interest in where their husbands would be on the great day ; the older men , who ricocheted between various business interests , were lectured steadily , any time they put in an appearance at home , on the necessity of being in Tollemarche at this time ; and those males who were doomed to spend their lives in Tollemarche found themselves with intolerable lists of jobs to be done , from laying out backyard skating rinks to pinning up the hems on their female relatives ' costumes . |
| 23 | I put in an appearance at Ingard House to show that I was still busy about the audit , and had a word with Henniker . |
| 24 | The new road sweeps along an incline behind Shieldaig and a motorist intent on his gears may pass the village without noticing it . |
| 25 | The plan for Shotover was simple ; stretching along an axis from west to east , it began at an octagonal pond , leading to an obelisk , then the house itself . |
| 26 | But in time term " , these limestones are very much of the same age as those in Europe and , as I have said elsewhere , " the Niagara Falls are nothing more than the Niagara River falling over an escarpment of Wenlock Limestone " . |
| 27 | He gibbered and choked over an appeal for mercy . |
| 28 | Negotiations between the husband and wife will often have been on the basis that the wife 's solicitors will hand over an application for cancellation of the land charge ( Form K13 or application for the cancellation of the notice if registered land Form 202 ) on completion in return for one-half of the net proceeds of sale ( or whatever other figure is agreed ) . |
| 29 | Paladino , 27 , runs a taxi business by day , becomes a club bouncer at night and is currently thinking over an offer from Midlands promoter Ron Gray to turn pro in the boxing game ! |
| 30 | Editor , — Richard Smith 's editorial on academic medicine touched off an air of discontent within me . |