Example sentences of "insist [prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would Geoffrey insist on taking her on a tour of every English don in the college ? |
| 2 | You know nothing about me , and yet you insist on crediting me with a lifestyle more likely your own ! ’ |
| 3 | As he cried out , she insisted on taking him for a drive in her car . |
| 4 | After Hassan 's departure they had escorted an abnormally subdued and submissive Dora to her room , where Iris insisted on putting her through a series of noisy deep-breathing exercises , ‘ to calm her down ’ , and then prepared a cup of herbal tea , ‘ to make her sleep ’ . |
| 5 | And yet , when they were together , he insisted on treating her with a cool , bland charm which left her feeling baffled and frustrated . |
| 6 | But they insisted on treating her like a child — or , what was worse , like an adolescent . |
| 7 | He insisted on tackling it with a knife and fork . |
| 8 | In the early days , when they still slept together , he had insisted on taking her during a period : remaining perfectly motionless , in her , on her — sometimes for hours . |