Sentence examples for refused beginning from inspiring English sources
Walker refused, beginning a long dispute that saw Cobden-Sanderson ban him from entering the press.
Opposition leaders refused to begin the talks until Pearl Roundabout was clear of tanks and armed soldiers.
The Austrian government refused to begin paying reparations until all lawsuits brought by victims were settled.
They said that when he refused and began to advance, Mr. Blake fired three rounds, striking Mr. Carlon at least once.
Teachers at the widely acclaimed school have formed a union under Illinois law, but the administration has refused to begin negotiating a contract.
Mr. Pantelis said the board refused to begin the environmental review process required under state law until it had confirmed that the school meets Regents requirements.
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court rejected an appeal today by Vice President Al Gore and refused to begin the immediate manual recount of 14,000 disputed votes from South Florida.
We were accosted by a man who tried to sell us a manky red rose for €2; when we refused, he began to swat at us with it!
In most of the confrontations, the Ulster Unionist rebels' complaint has been that Sinn Fein should be expelled because the I.R.A. refused to begin disarming.
When he fought the former world boxing champion Randolph Turpin, Lincoln refused to begin until a doctor was present, telling the crowd, "Turpin is going to be hurt".
No one had thought about the lighting problems posed by the armory's windows, and Buckley's crew refused to begin until sunset, which meant the proceedings started an hour late and suffered from a wine shortage.
