CORPORATE PLT CONTINUES LNDG AFTER CLRNC FOR GAR ISSUED.

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DURING THE ILS APCH INTO KBNA (NASHVILLE; TN); WITH THE CAPT FLYING THE APCH; THE TWR ADVISED THE ACFT IN FRONT OF US; AN ACR JET; THAT THE TOUCHDOWN RVR WAS BETTER THAN 6000 FT; AND THE ROLLOUT RVR WAS 800 FT. AT 2 MI FROM THE APCH END OF THE RWY; I ASKED THE TWR IF WE WERE CLRED TO LAND. HIS RESPONSE WAS 'CONTINUE; ACFT ON THE RWY.' FROM THAT POINT UNTIL WE REACHED THE MM; THE TWR WAS CONCENTRATING ON THE LOCATION OF THE ARR JET THAT LANDED BEFORE. AT DECISION HEIGHT AND THE MM; TWR AGAIN ASKED ACR IF THEY WERE CLR OF THE RWY. ACR ADVISED; 'NOT YET.' AT THIS POINT; THE TWR TOLD US 'GAR.' IT WAS AT THIS POINT MY CAPT RESPONDED TO THE TWR; 'NO! WE'LL CONTINUE FOR A LITTLE BUT THEY WILL BE CLR!' EXCITEDLY; THE TWR AGAIN ASKED ACR IF THEY HAD CLRED THE RWY; WHICH THEY IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED; 'YES WE'VE FOUND THE TAXIWAY.' AT THIS POINT WE WERE APPROX 1/8 OF A MI FROM THE THRESHOLD; AND THE TWR THEN CLRED US TO LAND. THIS PARTICULAR CAPT HAD; IN THE PAST; SHOWN TREMENDOUS IMPATIENCE WITH CTLRS. AT TIMES ARGUING OVER THE RADIO. THIS WAS AN ALTERNATE DEST FOR US; AS OUR ORIGINAL DEST WAS BELOW MINS. THERE WAS NO NECESSARY RUSH FOR US TO LAND AT BNA. STRICTLY IN MY OPINION; THE CAPT USED POOR JUDGEMENT AND COMMON SENSE IN REJECTING THE CTLR'S 'GAR' CLRNC. IF THE ACR JET HAD NOT HAVE CLRED THE RWY; OUR MISSED APCH WOULD HAVE BEGAN OVER THE RWY THRESHOLD; LESS THAN 6000 FT BEHIND ACR AND OUR XING ALT ABOVE THE JET WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS THAN 500 FT. THIS CAPT NOT ONLY PUT HIMSELF INTO A POSSIBLE DANGEROUS SITUATION; BUT ALSO HIS CREW AND PAX; AS WELL AS THE ACR CREW AND PAX. HE ALSO DISREGARDED THE CTLR'S SEPARATION CRITERIA.