Example sentences of "refused [to-vb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | However , Grant refused to apologise for the embarrassment caused to Brady even after the manager stated his belief that boardroom matters involving the manager of any club should remain confidential . |
| 3 | Moreover , even when funds were available , the peasantry refused to fight for the monarch : and this was true even with the growth of an expropriated landless labouring class . |
| 4 | Since Iran refused to pay for the TOW missiles until they were delivered a Saudi Arabian middleman called Adnan Khashoggi , whose social lifestyle and divorce proceedings help fill the pages of the tabloid press , put up a bridging loan of $5 million . |
| 5 | A number of British garages refused to quote for the job directly , giving only-their hourly-rates and an estimate of how long it would take . |