Sentence examples for first refused from inspiring English sources

Court at first refused to hear the case.

HSBC at first refused to send out a recall notice.

The government at first refused, then suddenly changed its mind.

The police, at first, refused the organizers' request.

The men at first refused to obey the orders of Sergeant John Ordway.

He himself at first refused the suits that his friend Prince Karel Schwarzenberg brought him.

After the shura ended, he at first refused to shake the Marines' hands.

Congress at first refused to back what Republicans dubbed "Clinton's war" in Kosovo.

Cedel, Euroclear's arch-rival and now putative partner, at first refused to comment on the idea.

In January 1999, the ministry first refused to accept the Army's application for re-registration.

Raymond Bowman's mother, Florence, at first refused to believe reports her son had died.