Example sentences of "[noun] refused [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When forced by the Inspectorate of Education to retract his decision , the good mayor refused them access to the school canteen , controlled by the municipal services . |
| 2 | However , most agencies refused us access , except to a minority of birth parents whose children were freed for adoption , often against their wishes . |
| 3 | The film people wanted to shoot in the local pub , but the landlord refused them permission , explaining that he did not want to inconvenience his regular customers , despite being offered a tidy sum as recompense . |
| 4 | They were only prevented from boarding the plane when the aircraft 's captain refused them permission . |
| 5 | Gustave refused me entrance . |
| 6 | The railway staff on duty refused him admission and he demanded to see Mr Burlinson , Birmingham District Superintendent of the Great Western Railway : |
| 7 | When , on the only occasion in British parliamentary history , a Communist Party member was returned ( Willie Gallacher , at the Motherwell by-election of 1944 ) and he asserted his right to take his seat in the House without sponsorship ( as is the House 's custom ) the House refused him admission and he was obliged to seek the support of two independent members next day . |
| 8 | When war broke out , the Foreign Office refused him permission to enlist , so he resigned and stood for Parliament . |
| 9 | A YOUNG cancer victim whose mother refused him treatment because he was too weak will be at home for the Christmas he thought he would never see . |