Sentence examples for refusing to proceed from inspiring English sources

When my cab got a flat on the highway and the driver shrugged, refusing to proceed, I heard myself threatening bodily harm as I forced him to continue to the next exit.

Our honeymoon still refused to proceed smoothly.

Here the court-appointed counsel had the transcript but refused to proceed with the appeal because he found no merit in it.

State officials barred Mr Congel from building Destiny in Syracuse's inner harbour after he refused to proceed without extra tax breaks.

But it refused to set a date, and the South Koreans in turn refused to proceed with fertilizer and other economic aid.

In April 1983, Jordan suspended talks with the P.L.O. when Mr. Arafat refused to proceed on the basis of a peace proposal put forward by President Reagan.

Prime Minister Barak, who issued a statement promising to abide by the agreement, had refused to proceed with the truce arrangements until Mr. Arafat made a similar declaration.

SPC Ardmona warned last year it would be forced to close if the government refused to proceed with the $25m grant promised by the former Labor government.

They forced him to describe the abuses in such excruciating detail, she said, that he eventually refused to proceed with the suit.

The hierarchy even refused to proceed with a minimal recommendation to allow a form of church blessing for same-sex partnerships.

Nowhere in the transcript is it indicated that Dominique Leclercq informed the claimants that they had the option to refuse to proceed in light of the fact that only one member was competent on that day to entertain the claim.