Sentence examples for refusing to catch from inspiring English sources

They are peering off to their left, at some indeterminate point, refusing to catch the eyes of the three American musicians busking a scant six feet from them.

Roddick appeared intimidated before the first warm-up ball was hit, steadfastly refusing to catch Sampras's eye in the tunnel as the interminable pre-match build- up ran its cacophonous course.

When the film finished, I went into the screening room to introduce the next one - people were literally sitting with their heads in their hands, shaking with horror, refusing to catch my eye!

One day he may even have some real muscle at his disposal, if governments agree to give the Union more of a say in Europe's defence.Contrast that with the lot of Mr Santer's successor, who will have parliament breathing down his neck, the central bank refusing to catch his eye, and the foreign-policy figure treading all over his toes.

On a rainy Sunday of 1951, the crowd left Les Corts stadium after a 2 1 win against Santander by foot, refusing to catch any trams, and surprising the Francoist authorities.

There was an anxious pause as voters refused to catch her eye.

Ron Nimmo learned to hold on tight when his father sat him on an untamed horse and refused to catch him if he was bucked off.

Still, despite those low odds, no player should, or would, refuse to catch a ball that came tumbling off the rim into his hands.

There is, baldly, not enough oxygen in the atmosphere to allow them to burn: instead the paper will huff and crinkle but sturdily refuse to catch, and you will be invited back into the warmth of the growling minibus with pitying glances and muttered Chilean versions of the word 'bampot'bampot

From a bag, Anat produces, Mary Poppins-style, a series of products - white beads that are mixed into the plastic casings and circuit-boards of TVs and computers, fluffy yellow pillow stuffing that refuses to catch fire, and blue polystyrene bricks that are used as cavity wall insulation in homes.

What should we do if a catcher refuses to catch the first pitch from a president at a baseball game?