They famously refused to serve the Mongolian rulers of their country.

Emma Balfour famously refused to leave, and in fact used her home to shelter wounded Confederate soldiers.

She famously refused to congratulate the new president.

The recording industry, over years of lawsuits, famously refused ever to ask juries for this specific amount.

He "famously refused for weeks" to meet with President Ahmadinejad in early 2007 after the president attempted to open soccer events to women.

He famously refused to accept it, citing a dislike of the voting and even the actual concept of acting competitions.

When the President at last arrived, he famously refused to shoot the helpless bear, which another of his party eventually killed with a knife.

There were some pieces which Liszt famously refused to hear at his masterclasses.

News Stop (which famously refuses, on a point of principle, to sell tobacco)

He famously refused to install a phone in the cabin.