Sentence examples for refused to be held from inspiring English sources

He refused to be held to deadlines, saying he would release his compositions when he felt they were ready.

She refused to be held down a year and is now doing very well after home tuition.

But he said Swiss rules and HSBC's decentralised structure obscured what was going on at the business, and he refused to be held personally accountable.

I refused to be held; but when, bright through the cambric, I saw the glitter of polished steel – I closed my eyes".

Olmert has refused to be held accountable.

They continued abysmal treatment of immigration detainees, and refused to be held accountable in the courts.

Mr. Brauchli refuses to be held hostage to the past.

The Qatari authorities say they remain committed to delivering meaningful reform but that it will take time, and they refuse to be held to a specific timetable.

If anything, this is a woman that refuses to be held back by her status as a work of fiction, and how many men can you say that about?

Refusing to be held back by its considerable constraints (its $2.4m budget had to be crowdfunded), this sci-fi action comedy plays like a redo of last year's Pixels but with much shoddier effects.

The villagers try to slide, then tip the figure into the ground, but it keeps bobbing back upright, like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloon that refuses to be held down.