Example sentences of "she insist on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she insists on dabbling in nuggets of ‘ culture ’ , I must remark that there is only one swan in her chosen Sibelius tone poem , and it is Dr Jekyll who turns into Mr Hyde . |
| 2 | She insists on a dignity which has nothing to do with appearances . |
| 3 | Despite her success , she insists on being down-to-earth and believes she has an obligation to give a little back to the sport which shot her to fame . |
| 4 | She insists on tacking up a bit of tinsel and so on and I see she 's done the same for you . |
| 5 | Then she insists on showing me a toy that ‘ goes off pop ! ’ |
| 6 | If she insists on informing the police , so be it . |
| 7 | But Madeleine wo n't let me wake her up , she insists on waiting until she goes back to bed of her own accord . |
| 8 | She insists on looking after the hens herself . |
| 9 | She insists on it , ’ he said flatly . |
| 10 | When she insists on pursuing the case against the onlookers , her boss first ridicules her , then revealingly loses his temper , telling her she 's finished — win or lose . |
| 11 | Will she insist on a guilty verdict and mandatory death sentence ? |
| 12 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 13 | After one such visit she insisted on a chaste goodbye kiss . |
| 14 | The next day , when he had sobered up , she insisted on playing it back to him . |
| 15 | She had n't complained about pain after that first night when she insisted on moving in and living with him permanently . |
| 16 | She lifted a bottle of Champagne from among the photographs cluttering the occasional table beside her and passed it to Charity with an instruction to fill the glasses and hold the chatter , because she insisted on listening to the nine o'clock news on the wireless . |
| 17 | But then Maria began to get mad and she insisted on seeing everything beforehand . |
| 18 | When the girl at the reception desk discovered that I would be leaving early in the morning , she insisted on refunding £2 , since I would be on the road before she arrived to cook breakfast . |
| 19 | ‘ She insisted on staying today , and I 'm grateful to have someone here to answer the door . |
| 20 | She insisted on putting out the clothes for the children each morning and preparing meals for them as usual . |
| 21 | Indeed , she insisted on it , and did the entire trip by herself . |
| 22 | Every day she insisted on dragging her society friends , some very reluctant , to the Opera House in Haymarket where he was preaching . |
| 23 | She insisted on driving back herself too , ’ he continued , ‘ what do you think about that ? |
| 24 | Perhaps I should have been frank with her , admitted honestly that I did n't love her and that if she insisted on marrying me she would be condemning both of us to a joyless union . |
| 25 | She 'd beg , borrow or steal the money for the shoes , and if she was given notice at the store when she insisted on having the afternoon off , well , so be it . |
| 26 | His mother was talking to the police at the time , but she insisted on dressing him herself , and told everyone not to touch him . |
| 27 | She insisted on feeding the cows first , and also on changing her clothes before she went . |
| 28 | And she insisted on being chauffeured round in a Daimler — just like the Queen . |
| 29 | As he cried out , she insisted on taking him for a drive in her car . |
| 30 | She insisted on checking you over there and then |