That is why we so often prepared for the attack and then refrained from carrying it out.
Train ridership has soared partly because China has set fares on high-speed rail lines at a little less than half of comparable airfares and then refrained from raising them.
When asked Monday about Mr. Bloomberg's latest effort, the McDonnell campaign initially described Mr. Bloomberg's actions as an "attack," but then refrained from naming Mr. Bloomberg in an official statement.
The only commitment Putin made was to "exchange information" with France on "areas that are held by healthy opposition, not terrorists" – areas that Russia might then "refrain from delivering airstrikes on".
We are not talking about an 8-year-old here; we are talking about a college student, someone surely old enough to be expected to make reasonable judgments about what might be upsetting or painful to another person, and then refrain from acting purely on impulse.
He then refrained from telling his political masters – Cameron, Theresa May, London mayor Boris Johnson – for fear of compromising them when things started getting hot over the phone-hacking saga and the Met's refusal to accept the Guardian's allegations that the net was far wider than admitted.
As a result, any time they try to delegate, the results are often subpar - and then refrain from doing that in the future.
Do you ever get mad at your partner and then refrain from telling them you're angry -- let alone explaining why you're angry?
Option two is to defiantly ignore your co-worker, silently creep into the stall with your makeshift bidet, do your business, and then refrain from speaking to anyone for the remainder of the day.
Option two is that you defiantly ignore your coworker, silently creep on into the cubicle with your makeshift bidet, do your business, and then refrain from speaking to anyone for the remainder of the day.
