But Brooklyn library officials refuse, pointing out that union contracts require expensive Sunday overtime.
You can't get politicians to answer questions if they refuse point-blank.
And on this one day I refuse, point blank, to let any thoughts of loneliness or sadness get in".
However, in the unlikely event of my being imprisoned again, I would refuse point blank to enter a shared cell.
'It's very difficult with films to refuse point-blank to do publicity for them,' she says.
"I refuse point-blank to play in tragedy," Dora asserts, and lo and behold a happy ending is conjoured from thin air.
We would refuse point blank to cut the script down to its proper length, so we'd end up with shows that were overlong.
Catherine and Alice refuse point-blank to eat the deep-fried turkey drummers; it reminds them of an episode of Peep Show in which they eat a dog's leg.
Kate Hilpern Gilets are a particularly handy bit of clothing kit for kids, especially younger ones who often refuse point-blank to wear a coat even when it's freezing inside.
