After a while, however, the commander refuses to take Christopher further, so he goes alone.

Why give our lives for a cause that even our own commanders refused to support?

Russian commanders pointedly refused to say when they expected to seize the city.

But the commander, always faithful to the Tiger cause, refused to tell them anything.

And top commanders refused repeated requests by other reporters to see the tape.

Perhaps they do not know what their commanders are about, and would refuse if they knew.

When they eventually reach the military post at the front, the commander in charge refuses to approve their plans.

Their commanders have refused to allow Lithuanian police to enter.

But on the ground, the commanders of the 28th refused to comply.

Todd understood exactly what the commander really meant, and refused to acknowledge it.