Sentence examples for refs for from inspiring English sources

But I don't blame the refs for not turning up for work.

Rice temporarily went nuts, but he soon regained his poise and praised the three refs for their body of work.

Last week's excuses includes blaming the refs for calling back two goals in the opening fifteen minutes, and then the excuse that Vancouver got lucky on an errant cross that somehow floated into the back of Columbus' net.

We know for certain that Sir Alex works – 12 Premiership titles are proof enough of that – even if he can have unfortunate side-effects (the tearing out of hair, raised blood pressure, the urge to yell: "Stop blaming the refs for everything, you puce hoodlum" at the telly).

"The league should fine the refs for that," Rangers goaltender Mike Dunham said, referring to the no-call when Toronto's Joe Nieuwendyk pushed Rangers defenseman Tom Poti on top of Dunham just before Mats Sundin scored the winning goal at 13 minutes 4 seconds of the third period.

The big change would be that each team would appoint two representatives – "team refs," for lack of a better term – to stand along the baseline and call fouls on the opposing team committed in the area below the free throw line.

67 min: A lull, punctuated only by whistling from the ref for minor infringements.

This one will be with the video ref for a while.

But Al had set up the ref for a payback, and he got it then.

"You play for the company; you ref for the company," he said.

They would be so appalled that they'd ask the ref for a card for their own player.