Example sentences of "i refused to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I refused to be taken to school , but every morning before I left , the other wives would come and put make-up all over my face – – bright red lipstick and things . |
| 2 | Throughout the dispute my technique was to go through the front door — I refused to be smuggled in — and then ask for a deputation of the demonstrators to come and talk to me . |
| 3 | I said I would be happy to talk to anyone but I refused to be subjected to personal attack . |
| 4 | He kept up this sort of thing a while longer , but I refused to be provoked and in the end he had to let me go . |
| 5 | When I calmed down I realized I was defending an organization I refused to be in , though I had nothing good to say for the one I 'd left it for . |
| 6 | I refused to be tempted by anything else . |
| 7 | I refused to be the tracer for the aeroplane company , I said no , I got the job I wanted in an advertising firm . |