Example sentences of "insisted that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He insisted that I visit the church and marine cemetery at Varengeville . |
| 2 | My diary records such incidents as , ‘ Had to eat another roll at breakfast , much to my disgust ’ , or ‘ M. insisted that I eat another piece of toast , so I walked out in disgust . ’ |
| 3 | On one occasion I was round at a neighbour 's house and despite my warnings that it could get rather messy , they insisted that I show them how Dawn fed . |
| 4 | The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink . |
| 5 | That we could not condone , and Gill Davies insisted that I go over there [ to the interviews ] and make the point , which I did very forcibly I thought . |
| 6 | I recall vividly one member of the aristocracy who was in such a state about being interviewed on TV that he insisted that I help him go through a half bottle of whisky first . |
| 7 | Dr Russell insisted that I went with the convalescent men and we were lucky to pick up one of the last trains to go northwards . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , he then insisted that I went with him to a trade show in San Francisco . |
| 9 | He gave me schnapps and insisted that I stay at the hotel the SS man had mentioned . |
| 10 | Major Hal , who met us on arrival , insisted that I had qualified for membership in the ‘ Short-Snorters ’ Club ’ . |
| 11 | Only the pain was getting rather tedious and Meg insisted that I had it done now before I retired , on the theory I suppose , that better in the Government 's time than my own . " |
| 12 | He drew me into the family circle , laughing , telling his mother of my struggles , of the broken door , but when I started to take my veil off he would n't have it and insisted that I keep it on . |
| 13 | He also insisted that I put a notice in the local paper in order to thank ‘ … all friends , Welsh and English , for their kindness and support during his recent attack of lung cancer and was happy to report that he was now well on the way to recovery ’ . |
| 14 | With the new round of drinks , he insisted that I try one of his yellow cigarettes . |
| 15 | Nothing could have been contrived to accord less well with his lovat green country suit and hat but , he explained , ‘ She simply insisted that I wear it . |
| 16 | So she was going to the opposite direction actually , and I insisted that I do n't want to take her that long she would have to walk back again . |
| 17 | Harvey insisted that I drink three gigantic martinis before he released the waiter . |
| 18 | They also insisted that I sue their front door — and not my own — so that people had to go through their gallery . |
| 19 | Mme Guérigny insisted that I watch closely while she performed this rite . |
| 20 | I recovered quickly , I 'm glad to say , but I could n't leave because they insisted that I stayed to lunch . |
| 21 | The Principal , a frightful piece of lava from a volcano long extinct , actually insisted that I relinquish domestic tuition , simperingly permitted the murky phrase sexual harassment to hover in the air between us , and indicated that in the course of the aestival recess he might be reconsidering the terms and conditions of my employment . |
| 22 | It would have been so easy and commonplace to move into some bushes ; but my partner insisted that I light my second candle . |
| 23 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |