Example sentences of "[coord] insist [prep] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually worn by those smug bastards who fidget relentlessly on planes and insist on getting up and walking round the whole time , demonstratively taking photos out of windows and asking for guided tours of the cockpit . |
| 2 | Paddick had had enough of this and insisted on moving on . |
| 3 | ‘ I have an important document I have to finish , ’ she said , and insisted on going in to work . |
| 4 | Greig , characteristically , decided differently and insisted on playing on ; two more wickets fell and the match finally ended at 241 for 6 when , with only three balls left , a win became impossible . |
| 5 | Ceauşescu was hunting in Nigeria at the time and insisted on playing down the impact of the earthquake even before he returned . |
| 6 | She is advised to stay there for five days but insists on going back with the band . |
| 7 | Next morning he ran a temperature but insisted on getting up . |
| 8 | A year later he collapsed from exhaustion but insisted in carrying on with eight shows a week . |