Example sentences of "refuse take any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bonefish Straker had rescued Masquerade , propping her up in his own backyard and refusing to take any money from me as a salvage fee . |
| 2 | He was a very modest man , refusing to take any credit for the enterprise that bore his name . |
| 3 | I criticise them for refusing to accept that they made a mistake and for refusing to take any action to put matters right , when it was patently obvious that everything was going disastrously wrong . |
| 4 | ‘ Apparently it 's coming to an end , ’ said Julia , ‘ and the commissioners have found that a great many of the Italians they tried to reward for what they did have refused to take any money at all . |
| 5 | If , as Pieda and the SWA are suggesting , there is a community of interest between the industry and the Treasury , why have ministers so far refused to take any action despite the lobbying campaign that has been mounted ? |
| 6 | I could hardly refuse , but I did refuse to take any payment , although I really needed the money . |
| 7 | But there was a detachment in their manner which shut people out , and frequently these children would refuse to take any notice of their parents when they came to visit . |
| 8 | Rome refused to take any part in these proceedings , except by unofficial observers . |
| 9 | ‘ He knew and he refused to take any part . ’ |
| 10 | At the time Professor Girdwood 's association ( the prime aim of this charitable , voluntary body is to ‘ promote the interests of donors and pass their worries to Government ’ ) refused to take any part in this move for overdue reform . |
| 11 | ’ Carco asked if he could buy a painting , ‘ The Standing Nude ’ , and Zbo was so overcome with emotion because Carco appreciated Modigliani that he refused to take any money for it . |
| 12 | She stalwartly refused to take any drugs , once again arguing that she could not hold herself responsible if the baby were born deformed . |
| 13 | While prominent Wesleyans like Hughes , J. Scott Lidgett , R. W. Perks , Charles Kelly and Henry Lunn were active and , in Hughes ' case , vital to the movement , the majority held aloof and Conference refused to take any notice of the Council . |
| 14 | Tied in by their own dogma , the Conservatives refuse to take any steps to build a genuine base for sustained economic growth . |