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  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • Why did he turn down the invitation?
  • The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. Jules Renard 
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • When they turn down an empty glass for me, it's going to be _empty_. The Plastic Age
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  • I had to turn down a job offer from a theatre because the pay was too low.
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • Turn down the heat, then add the cooked fresh porcini and the chopped parsley. Times, Sunday Times
  • It would seem a shame to turn down such a cunning manoeuvre without a compelling need.
  • turn down the volume of a radio
  • Rock-bottom Hyde, whose want-away star striker Simon Yeo appears set to turn down a move to Southport, face a difficult trip to Gateshead.
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • Turn down the heat and simmer gently for 45 minutes to an hour until everything is very soft and pulpy.
  • For example, they will be able to detect when a room is occupied or vacant and turn down the heating in a room with no people. Times, Sunday Times
  • The celebration and "pretties" are always fun, but I wouldn't turn down a chance at happiness if I didn't get that. Celebrating the "Yes" with a bunch of "No"s
  • Why did she turn down your invitation?
  • Not only do I underscore; I use brackets, carets, and braces; I annotate all four margins and I copiously turn down the edges (both top and bottom) of certain especially memorable pages.
  • Turn down to a simmer and continue cooking until reduced by half. The Sun
  • So dump the SUV, tell your kids to walk to school, turn down the central heating, insulate the attic, take shorter showers, use CFL bulbs and lag the hot water tank.
  • MacLeod didn't have the disposition to turn down the rising pressure, declaring Scotland could win the World Cup.
  • i felt bad for all the fans that came all the way there jus to see them and suddenly gt turn down. hope the next event will be much better!! kaikai well you can't really blame them since they're not getting paid … WordPress.com News
  • But the charity is absolutely right to turn down this ten grand. Times, Sunday Times
  • The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. Jules Renard 
  • Most developers reserve the right to turn down a property they think is virtually unsaleable.
  • The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. Jules Renard 
  • Do not turn down the native dish of jellied scrod; being offered this delicacy is a sign of respect.
  • I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.
  • But why should he turn down what is a great opportunity and almost a no-lose situation for him. The Sun
  • That's the last time I ever do this without removalists, and turn down spontaneous offers of help from several friends.
  • At turn down service each night, a prescription pill bottle is placed on the nightstand.
  • But victims complain that it takes a long time to obtain a noise abatement notice requiring their neighbours to turn down the volume.
  • I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.
  • Bring to the boil then turn down the heat and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes or until the veggies are tender and the sauce thickened.
  • For some riders, the financial benefits of staying loyal may be too good to turn down. Times, Sunday Times
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • Place all the ingredients in a heavy casserole with a lid, put in a hot oven, when the tagine starts bubbling turn down to low and leave for 6 hours or until the meat is falling apart.
  • They were gaining airspeed now, Hall getting ready for the dangerous turn downwind on one engine. LET NOT THE DEEP
  • I had to turn down a job offer from a theatre because the pay was too low.
  • Oliver Perez, but only if he will accept a three-year deal or less … if dempster is being offered a four-year, $50 million deal, which he's going to turn down, at least for now, and a guy like Comments for MetsBlog.com
  • This offer is too good to turn down. The Sun
  • Then Saughton Sports Centre is offering an ace opportunity you can't turn down.
  • But the charity is absolutely right to turn down this ten grand. Times, Sunday Times
  • Just before the milk comes to the boil, turn down the heat.
  • You handle family life well and can turn down unreasonable requests while staying on good terms. The Sun
  • His attitude has been to dilly-dally and turn down proposals on firms on trivial grounds.
  • Turn down the heat under the chicory to medium and add the orange zest and reserved juice. Times, Sunday Times
  • Belladonna, I do not think it is prudent or provident to turn down this offer.
  • It would seem a shame to turn down such a cunning manoeuvre without a compelling need.
  • Just before the milk comes to the boil, turn down the heat.
  • As a matter of course, one did not turn down assignments: one responded without careerist calculation to the needs of the service.
  • Turn down the heat and simmer very gently, covered again with parchment and lid, until the rice is cooked andall the water has been absorbed. Fortune's Chickpeas
  • This may mean accepting one, only to turn down that employer in favour of another when a better offer comes along. Times, Sunday Times
  • Most developers reserve the right to turn down a property they think is virtually unsaleable.
  • But the charity is absolutely right to turn down this ten grand. Times, Sunday Times
  • The 12th seed clinched the third set with a backhand return down the line.
  • Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine?
  • Why did she turn down your invitation?
  • Pour in the stock, bring to the boil and turn down the heat.
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • Who can turn down the possibility of winning £1000 for what they do everyday anyway?
  • Turn down Contrast until the black and white cue stick appears perfectly straight and smooth.
  • Turn down to a rolling simmer and reduce the liquid by about a third. The Sun
  • The Gist: Winning a national title ushered in unparalleled credibility for the Gators, and in some respects the greatest tension they faced recruiting the senior class was which guys to take and which to turn down. Blue Devils back on top on signing day
  • But the charity is absolutely right to turn down this ten grand. Times, Sunday Times
  • Thus, when the American government hunted him down, he couldn't turn down their offer to become an International Spy.
  • In spite of this he was sexually very experienced and attractive to women and found it difficult to turn down their advances.
  • I had to turn down a job offer from a theatre because the pay was too low.
  • But the charity is absolutely right to turn down this ten grand. Times, Sunday Times
  • The food's good too, of course, especially the mince pies and the pudding, but doesn't it all taste so much better when you turn down the lights and put a taper to the candles?
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • I wouldn't turn down a romp in the sack with either one of them.
  • What can he possibly gain by continuing to turn down the chance of a lifetime? The Sun
  • Yes, bankers do have to turn down excessively risky loans sought by potential homebuyers and small business owners - not a popularity winner. Times, Sunday Times
  • Saying no requires dedication; so does persuading recent hires to turn down a quick windfall.
  • It can turn to the divine light streaming into the soul through mens, but it can also choose to turn downward to idolum. Loss of Faith
  • Turn down to a simmer and continue cooking until reduced by half. The Sun
  • Just before the milk comes to the boil, turn down the heat.
  • He was picturing a dimmer switch, and watching it turn down, lowering the lights to a more pleasant level.
  • Rounding up, Salih stressed that it would be foolish and unkind to turn down laurels bestowed by those who appreciated your work.
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. Jules Renard 
  • We could turn down the heat some if that would make you more comfortable.
  • A mere five years after the end of hyperinflation, the country's economy began to turn down once more.
  • Just before the milk comes to the boil, turn down the heat.
  • I had to turn down a job offer from a theatre because the pay was too low.
  • I would never turn down a request for help determining what styles or haircuts would look good on someone.
  • From coffins emblazoned with the Rangers crest, to maroon Hearts prams, to toilet rolls and cigarettes imprinted with club logos, clubs are having to turn down dozens of products as companies try to cash in on the loyalty of football fans.
  • It would be sheer lunacy to turn down a job offer like that.
  • He'll plump up a pillow, smooth out a bedspread, turn on a light, turn down the air conditioning.
  • Not only do I underscore; I use brackets, carets, and braces; I annotate all four margins and I copiously turn down the edges (both top and bottom) of certain especially memorable pages.
  • Taking no time to evaluate her own injuries, Zoe quickly sped down the road and took a wide turn down another street.
  • Or we turn down a service opportunity due to ridiculously high safety standards. Christianity Today
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • Turn down the heat and add a few drops of soy sauce and the slice of lemon. Times, Sunday Times
  • I'm not going to turn down an invitation to go to New York!
  • Even a bear cuscus, a woolly marsupial found in Sulawesi's forests and normally a leaf-eater, won't turn down a succulent fig.
  • I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.
  • As she was about to turn down her hallway, a bright neon paper caught her eye.
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • Turn down the heat under the chicory to medium and add the orange zest and reserved juice. Times, Sunday Times
  • I did turn down the brightness on the jpeg shpt and the RAW I pp'd to my liking (including Noise Ninja). News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
  • And being able to turn down a gig is a place of strength when bargaining. Breakfast in Bed
  • It was too good to turn down but neither of us could handle a long-distance relationship. The Sun
  • Just before the milk comes to the boil, turn down the heat.
  • The axons come from large cells in the stratum opticum and stratum lemnisci and sweep ventrally around the central gray matter of the aqueduct, cross the raphé in the fountain decussation of Meynert and turn downward in the tegmentum in the ventral longitudinal bundle. IX. Neurology. 1F. Pathways from the Brain to the Spinal Cord
  • One can range eastward along the heights overlooking the Watersmeet, or turn down in the other direction, through a wood
  • Just before the milk comes to the boil, turn down the heat.
  • For some riders, the financial benefits of staying loyal may be too good to turn down. Times, Sunday Times
  • Well, it is hard to turn down an invite to a royal premiere. The Sun
  • Months later I realized that for a paraglider to turn down any chance to fly, after having driven most of the morning to get to a site, was pretty extraordinary. Live and Let Love
  • Sometimes my Dad would get annoyed with the cricket commentary on TV, turn down the sound and listen to the commentary on the radio.
  • Turn down Contrast until the black and white cue stick appears perfectly straight and smooth.
  • It gives that company almost autocratic powers and makes it very hard for retailers to turn down their demands. Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur
  • They really should turn downtown into an archology. Nessus Diary Entry
  • Turn down to a simmer and continue cooking until reduced by half. The Sun
  • Turn down the heat and reduce the sauce to a thick, chunky texture. Times, Sunday Times
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • This offer is too good to turn down. The Sun
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • Although I managed to keep up the detox for three weeks, when I went to Los Angeles for a wedding, it became nearly impossible to turn down a mimosa.
  • He put the Jeep into park just as I saw Jones turn down the street in the rearview mirror.
  • Turn down to a rolling simmer and reduce the liquid by about a third. The Sun
  • Turn down the heat under the chicory to medium and add the orange zest and reserved juice. Times, Sunday Times
  • As it begins to turn down the aisle, a white Ford passenger minivan - the kind that's full of windows - starts backing out of a nearby space, putting it on a collision course.
  • He attempted to return downwind to the airfield.
  • Still to come: The Fed does not fear deflation; Harry Reid is considering using the lame duck session of Congress to pass a renewable energy standard; Minnesota may become the first state to turn down health care reform funds; and Lady Gaga as played from a belltower. Wonkbook: Jobs bill details sketched; unions target boardrooms; new oil reg rules
  • Unless a steady flow of finances can be assured, doctors and any other professionals will continue to turn down postings to rural areas.
  • Turn down your radio. Don't send berserk me.
  • A hot-pot is in the oven, which I regretfully turn down because I'd already eaten lunch, however I do accept a cup of tea and a slice of her Christmas cake.
  • It can only be that the union would be a shocking mésalliance, or surely he would simply propose - what fool would turn down the Ashton fortunes, lands, and looks?
  • This may mean accepting one, only to turn down that employer in favour of another when a better offer comes along. Times, Sunday Times
  • A cranky, old, blind man, who lives next door is always barking, ‘Turn down that music, you lousy punks!’
  • Put the pav into the oven and turn down to 125C.
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • How often do pedicurists turn down a really nasty looking foot?
  • Few wealthy Americans would turn down an old-world honour that money can't buy, but none would wish to be a pawn in a game of transatlantic politics.
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • Who in their right mind would turn down the job of their dreams even though deep down they know themselves to be grotesquely underqualified for said job?
  • Turn down the heat and simmer gently for five minutes, then remove from the heat and allow to stand and infuse for at least 30 minutes.
  • The former paratrooper is not fazed by the country's civil war, although he does turn down the chance to go deer hunting in a minefield. Times, Sunday Times
  • The pumps are fitted with a volume control on the handle, allowing more discerning motorists to turn down the sound.
  • I'm sure there's some perfectly serviceable legislation already in place that would force him to turn down the megaphone if it exceeds a certain decibel level.
  • In an almost-literal sense, they anti-trust American consumers to turn down bland crap from entitled behemoths, and instead create marvelous, idiosyncratic workarounds to industry mediocrity and idiotic government restrictions. Reason Magazine
  • Does he not know that people will actually die, old folk who will turn down the heat without telling anyone?
  • I was still annoyed with him, but his unending persistence was getting to me, and I never turn down a cup of coffee.
  • Turn down to a simmer and continue cooking until reduced by half. The Sun
  • Well, it is hard to turn down an invite to a royal premiere. The Sun
  • You just don't turn down 10,000 anime fans - from the most devoted otaku to surface plebs like me - with loads of disposable income.
  • I temp, and I'll turn down job assignments if I see the commute is going to be too long (e.g. in my case, that's requiring I get up before 6 am or require more than 60 minutes of transit commuting). Energy, Transportation, and Land Use Patterns « PubliCola
  • Bring to the boil, then turn down and simmer half-covered for 20-25 minutes.
  • Jack didn't necessarily want all of that, but he wasn't going to turn down the money his parents gave him in allowance before they ran off to some other meeting or spa.
  • I had to turn down a job offer from a theatre because the pay was too low.
  • ‘I'm so sorry I had to turn down that job ’, they'll whisper condescendingly, ‘but it was lovely of you to offer it to me’.
  • Furthermore, this is he at his most capricious, his most willing to turn down this or that bypath and still wind up at the same terminus as the main road.
  • Turn down your radio. Don't send berserk me.
  • At one point I had to turn down the volume, afraid that I would get the dreaded "clack" from my subwoofer bottoming out. Home Theater Forum
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse. 
  • We should gather widely, glean the best ideas, implement them in an expeditious fashion, and not turn down any offer of help.
  • This offer is too good to turn down. The Sun
  • Even a bear cuscus, a woolly marsupial found in Sulawesi's forests and normally a leaf-eater, won't turn down a succulent fig.
  • Add shallots, turn down heat, and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until softened but uncoloured. Times, Sunday Times
  • Music fans have been warned to turn down or switch off their iPods amid fears the craze for MP3 players is storing up catastrophic and irreversible hearing damage for a generation.
  • Put the element on high until the water in the bottom pot is boiling, then turn down to medium.
  • But some sources said it would be hard for him to turn down the job of chief of naval operations.

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