Example sentences of "refuse [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Phillips has played in only four of Neath 's nine Heineken League matches so far this season but has been picked ahead of Andrew Thomas , who reacted by refusing to sit on the replacements ' bench . |
2 | The Quebec government ordered the Army to dismantle the barricades on Aug. 27 , having refused to accede to the Mohawks ' additional demands that they be treated as a sovereign nation during negotiations and be granted immunity from prosecution . |
3 | In this case , the doctor involved , Dr Robert Dinwiddie , refused to consent to the parents ' decision , and called in the hospital social workers . |
4 | The government refused to agree to the Indians ' demand that it abandon its militarized " security zone " on the Peruvian frontier , and pass a constitutional amendment recognizing the country as " multi-cultural and multi-national " . |
5 | Company spokesman Denis Reading refused to comment on the passengers ' reports of a foul smell . |