Example sentences of "refuse to give [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Although manager Billy Bonds refuses to give up , he admitted : ‘ I think in the last month we have always felt it was going to be very difficult for us . |
2 | There are the good days when things work out well and the whole world seems sunny , and the bad days when a depressing bug refuses to give up its secrets . |
3 | Those parts of the Bill are vehicles for British Rail to do work that is publicly demanded but which it resolutely refuses to give even the slightest hint that it contemplates . |
4 | Many others had reason to be grateful to the Quakers for refusing to give up their mission to help refugees . |
5 | Vashinov tried to continue , but the phone was stubborn , refusing to give up . |
6 | By introducing tough new health warnings and refusing to give in to the tobacco industry 's demands , Mr Waldegrave has already shown himself to be the most effective Health Minister since Sir George Young 's short tenure . |
7 | Angrily she dashed the tears away with the back of one hand , refusing to give in to weakness and self-pity . |
8 | It was like nothing she had ever experienced before — she had always been aware she had the capacity for passion , but it was an element of her own make-up she had kept sternly suppressed , her mind refusing to give in to the demands of a young , healthy body . |
9 | Past persecutors were convicted of treason and hanged ; the scheming eighth Earl of Douglas was summoned to Stirling and , when he had refused to give up his association with his own particular clique of conspirators , was stabbed to death by James himself . |
10 | This sprang from the arrest of a middle-aged black woman , Rosa Parks , who had refused to give up her seat in the section the bus reserved for whites . |
11 | The brothers also refused to give up seal culling between October and April and were seen at ‘ The Tip ’ even less than the manager . |
12 | He 's the man that 's kept the team going … the man that 's had to brush off all the jokes and mikey taking … the man that 's refused to give up the fight |
13 | While the silence lengthened , he reflected upon the cruelty of Fate : had he but waited , had he refused to give in to Ann 's pleadings , he might even now be in a position to make Martha his own ; but as things had turned out he was saddled with a wife he did not love and would never love — however many sons she bore him . |
14 | But the commander of the estimated eight thousand rebels in Nicaragua _ Israel Galeano — now says his men will refuse to give up their weapons . |
15 | It is certainly not unreasonable to refuse to give up a bank note which you pick up in the street to the first stranger who alleges it to be his , if you tell him that you must make further inquiries or that he must produce evidence which will authenticate his claim . |
16 | Frank is n't at home , Azul 's unlisted , I try the local paper here but they ca n't or wo n't help and the airlines refuse to give out information on passengers . |
17 | On the other hand , they also need to explain their own good reasons for a decision , and refuse to give in to teenage threats or tears , when they know that decision is right . |
18 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
19 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
20 | Clarkson got his refund ‘ because I refused to give up ’ , not because Coventry believed his story . |
21 | The Poles , under her leadership , broke off the 1902 unity talks partly because the Russians refused to give up their guarantee of the right of national self-determination for the subordinate peoples of the empire . |
22 | ‘ Leeds City could not be suspended as a club — we had no power to do that ; but so long as they refused to give up those vital papers , we could have no way out save by expelling them . |
23 | She still refused to give up her son and instead was punished . |
24 | While some believed her husband was dead , Sunnie — real name Dilys but nicknamed Sunnie because of her happy nature — refused to give up hope . |
25 | AS Cheryl Landon lay dying in a coma after an horrific car crash only her stepfather refused to give up hope . |
26 | They simply refused to give up or admit defeat , even when hopelessly outnumbered . |
27 | Israel refused to give up Sinai without some significant concession on Egypt 's part . |
28 | His father had provided for this title to pass to Charles if his brother inherited the earldom of Arundel ; but when this occurred in 1677 Henry refused to give up the title , and Charles took the case to Chancery , in 1682 obtaining a celebrated decision in his favour by Heneage Finch , first Earl of Nottingham [ q.v . ] . |
29 | It refused to give in to the authority of Rome and the Church . |
30 | Barcelona went 2–0 up after 31 minutes , but the Russians refused to give in and produced a stunning three goals in 16 minutes to steal the tie . |