But on spying Mitchell's cherubic features, the proprietor refused to serve him saying he had received instructions by 'phone not to.

Five years later, the proprietor who owned the store refused to renew Mayer's lease, hoping that he could profit from Mayer's business success.

The shop's Polish proprietor sold some bad meat to a black man and refused to replace the meat or give him a refund.

The proprietor refused to sell him the drink, saying, "Stand on your feet, boy.

The next morning, the proprietor at the Quinta dos Agros hotelaria refused to let us pay for our rooms.

When the owner and proprietor of the Lucky Dragon casino in Hong Kong refuses to let mobsters take over his business he and his family are hit.

The proprietor of the restaurant refused to believe that Jason and Carol had navigated Devil's Chute in the dark- "Nobody ain't done that before," he said.

The proprietors of the theatre in Fountain Street refused to rebuild it.

The editors and proprietors refuse to name any figures, and in any case the circulation of a paper carrying serial stories is bound to fluctuate widely.

In large parts of the newspaper industry, for example, proprietors now refuse to negotiate collectively with the National Union of Journalists.