Example sentences of "[coord] refused [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the troops rebelled and refused to leave during the winter . |
| 2 | However , on Dec. 17 a motion which the Socialists had helped to draft , to indict Hervé and Dufoix but not Fabius for " failing to assist people in danger " , was blocked when the Socialists changed their minds and refused to vote on the motion as it stood . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister rejected that , and refused to participate in the creation of a European Central Bank . |
| 4 | She licked her very dry lips and refused to succumb to the temptation of another drink . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Social services are standing by their decision to pay for the 14-year old to stay at his grandparents ' villa , but refused to talk about the inquiry . |