Example sentences of "insist that i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You all insist that I know nothing but nobody else can do this . |
| 2 | What happens when ‘ he ’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ? |
| 3 | Charles , her husband , jokes all the time about what I 'm wearing , insists that I join them for formal dinners late at night , and then teases me throughout them because I 've never eaten squid before , and I do n't know what haggis is made of . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink . |
| 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 | 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 . " |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They also insisted that I sue their front door — and not my own — so that people had to go through their gallery . |
| 11 | It would have been so easy and commonplace to move into some bushes ; but my partner insisted that I light my second candle . |
| 12 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
| 13 | When your dad eventually reached you he would have insisted that I marry you . ’ |