refuse admittance
Example Sentences
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The great bulk of the visitors have been curious correspondents and press agents, to whom Carter reserved the right to refuse admittance.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Calvert's case, the court held that a suspect's absence may be simply another attempt to refuse admittance, and thus permits police to break in without service.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ask the nuns, to whom he is father confessor; they will have no other, and refuse admittance to one of our order who hath been sent to take this duty upon him.
From A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.
He added he had reluctantly despatched mounted messengers to Leamington, Cheltenham, Bristol Well, Brighthelmstone, Harrowgate, Scarborough, Tunbridge and the Bath, begging his brethren to refuse admittance to any new arrivals until farther warning.
From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton
Guy had not time to refuse admittance to the visitor, she followed so close upon her message.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
