Sentence examples for he persisted having from inspiring English sources

For 20 years she had adamantly turned down Mr. Disney every time he called...and for 20 years he persisted, having promised his daughters that he would someday make a film of their favorite book.

In the videotaped statement, Mr. Taub persisted, had he not described the events that night by claiming that he went to the door of the apartment?

Their accounts, which form the basis of an extradition case against Mr. Assange, state that their encounters with him began consensually, but became nonconsensual when he persisted in having unprotected sex with them in defiance of their insistence that he use a condom.

"He would have reached the end of his career very quickly had he persisted in making films like 'To Live.' He had to live with the realities of Chinese society.

Most people would have written long ago with a stern reply, telling the sender to stop e-mailing; most people would have blocked him had he persisted.

He persisted even while journalists had already begun counting up the dozens of early projections for a Romney victory.

Yet, he persisted and by 1891 had carried out 41 more of these operations with 16 deaths—a remarkable achievement for that era.

Had he persisted, I'd be convinced that he was the second coming of the Christ child.

As the Wasting has persisted, stars have disappeared almost completely in many locations.

Then Keith persisted: He proposed having his executive assistant gather and send me three categories of documents from four of his executive vice presidents: 1) documents they'd sent up the chain either to him or the board of directors, 2) documents they'd written to their peers--the other 17 EVPs, or 3) documents they'd written to their own staff.

Somehow, Jones has persisted, and he has just about prevailed, too.