He refused to go to either extreme, abandoning the amendment altogether or pushing for everything beyond what was required.

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Advocate depute Murdoch MacTaggert said Ms Leiper told Mr Mullen he was "lazy" when he refused to go to the shop.

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When he refused to go away, she barricaded herself inside.

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However, he refused to go into detail for security reasons.

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Mr German was repeatedly pressed on Lib Dem terms for coalition, but he refused to go any further than the party's previous stance: that it was prepared to form a coalition with any other party as long as Lib Dem policies formed the "backbone" of a government programme and it was not a step to independence.

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Mr Bruce said he advised Davies to go to the doctor, but he refused.

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When he wanted sex again she refused, saying she had to go home because her mother would be worried.

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It was refused, but at the time of his death he was planning to go ahead with it anyway.

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The man refused an ambulance saying he did not like them, and said initially that he wanted to go to Rhyl, the court heard.

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He says that, on his appointment in 2002, he refused even to take money for his office from the IPCC, and that all payments for his advice and services go to TERI, not to him.

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