Example sentences of "insisted that i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink .
3 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 .
4 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 . "
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 They also insisted that I sue their front door — and not my own — so that people had to go through their gallery .
8 It would have been so easy and commonplace to move into some bushes ; but my partner insisted that I light my second candle .
9 But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's .
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