Example sentences of "refused [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , there were a few pockets of stubborn resistance , where the Reiksguard refused to fall back in the face of certain defeat or where the thunder of Imperial arquebuses had shattered the Bretonnian infantry . |
| 2 | You see , I refused to go through with the wedding unless he promised to hand this over before we left the reception . ’ |
| 3 | When , in his thirties , he took driving lessons and passed his test Dorothy refused to go out in the car with him : ‘ I intend to live to a ripe old age , thank you very much . ’ |
| 4 | Darlington Council refused to go along with the plan but Miss Carter has revived the campaign this week as a planning application emerged wanting to put a food kiosk in the car park . |
| 5 | All her concern seemed to be for Terry 's family , especially his mother , and Anne was even more surprised when Sarah refused to go back to the house with her . |
| 6 | Once again he listened calmly to her tearful pleas , and once again Scott refused to walk out on the station and join Annabel . |
| 7 | After the war he rejoined Robertson Hare for two more Ben Travers farces , Outrageous Fortune ( 1947 ) and Wild Horses ( 1952 ) , but though the heyday of the Aldwych farces was long gone , Lynn refused to give in to the changes of theatrical fashion . |
| 8 | It refused to give in to the authority of Rome and the Church . |
| 9 | In 1921 unemployment averaged nearly 14% , and it obstinately refused to clear up throughout the decade . |
| 10 | The man behind Shoom — a club that is now so legendary that if all the people who claim to have been there in its formative months really had attended , it would have been held in Wembley Stadium not in a sweaty south-east London basement — he resolutely refused to cash in on the boom that became known as acid . |
| 11 | They were completely intimidated — but even under that very strict regime there was nothing to compare with the suggestion that if two or more people refused to get up from the dining table they might be liable to a 10-year prison sentence . |