Example sentences of "insist [that] [pron] [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I insist that you take me to a fastline terminal . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In 1985 , when Japanese chip makers last started slashing prices , America 's government insisted that they raise them in order to protect the ( virtually non-existent ) American DRAM industry . |
| 4 | The detective had told him that Alexander Atkins and his companion insisted that he meet them on Boxing Night as they would have definite instructions for him . |
| 5 | The old Frenchman was delighted with the tobacco and soap and he insisted that I join him in a drink . |