Example sentences of "refused [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently ILP members on local authorities or in Trade Union positions refused to remain in the Party . |
| 2 | The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact . |
| 3 | This duly occurred , with one exception — an evil old crone named Thaukt ( who some say was Loki in disguise ) who refused to weep for the god . |
| 4 | In 1988 the foster parents applied to adopt D. The parents refused to consent to the adoption . |
| 5 | In this case , the doctor involved , Dr Robert Dinwiddie , refused to consent to the parents ' decision , and called in the hospital social workers . |
| 6 | A Volvo spokesman last night refused to go into the reasons behind the deal . |
| 7 | In that hour I heard about life on a London newspaper , the great novel that was one day going to be written , the shock to the Francis family when the General 's eldest son refused to go into the Army . |
| 8 | Half the class refused to go to the lessons , frightened of being set on fire or being thrown through a window , but Endill liked the suspense of waiting to see what each mixture did next . |
| 9 | But the tenants of three of the forest townships , namely Alne , Tollerton and Newton , refused to agree to the disafforestment of Galtres Forest on the terms proposed by the royal commissioners , whereupon in March 1631 the king ordered that the lands of those townships should continue to be ‘ within the jurisdiction of a forest and the forest laws ’ . |
| 10 | 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 " . |
| 11 | A charge of assaulting the boy 's mother was dropped after she refused to proceed with the case . |
| 12 | There are racist vermin out there who have always taken whatever comfort they can from any public figure that refused to come off the fence . |
| 13 | Hunter 's solicitors , Shepherd and Harris , of Enfield , Middlesex , refused to come to the telephone to talk about their client . |
| 14 | In 1934 he joined the Confessing Church , the wing of the national ( Lutheran ) Church which refused to compromise with the Hitler government . |
| 15 | In 1934 he joined the Confessing Church , the wing of the national ( Lutheran ) Church which disowned the ‘ German Christians ’ and refused to compromise with the Hitler government . |
| 16 | If he categorically refused to work in the same Laboratory as Lorrimer , one of them would have to go . |
| 17 | She licked her very dry lips and refused to succumb to the temptation of another drink . |
| 18 | Later , he refused to certify to the Inland Revenue that the company had not engaged in further similar transactions , and he was sacked . |
| 19 | Officials in Peking last night refused to comment on the award . |
| 20 | A spokesman for Control Securities — the largest Asian-owned UK company to be affected by the BCCI collapse — refused to comment on the issues . |
| 21 | He shook hands and chatted briefly with some of the several dozen supporters gathered outside in the cold , but refused to comment on the national picture . |
| 22 | The report also rules that genetic manipulation of sperm , embryos or their parts is unethical , and that surrogate motherhood is not acceptable , The BMA this week refused to comment on the leaks . |
| 23 | The bishops refused to comment on the leaked report . |
| 24 | Lord Bath 's personal assistant refused to comment on the festive olive branch . |
| 25 | He refused to comment on the writ 's contents . |
| 26 | The Westinghouse Signal company , based in Chippenham , Wiltshire , refused to comment on the contract last night , saying : ‘ This issue is sensitive . ’ |
| 27 | Embarrassed Trade and Industry Department officials refused to comment on the letter . |
| 28 | At his barracks in London 's Knightsbridge yesterday , the major refused to comment on the new allegations which are understood to have been made by a junior officer or private . |
| 29 | Company spokesman Denis Reading refused to comment on the passengers ' reports of a foul smell . |
| 30 | Buckingham Palace refused to comment on the princess 's birthday plans and said : |