"He refused — they persisted in doing that.
It persisted in doing a shimmy on the platter.
Then again, since the attack, both Rihanna and Brown have persisted in doing some deeply weird things, as if they're engaged in a kind of bizarre competition to see who can come up with the weirdest response.
Nevertheless, I persisted (in doing nothing at all).
In the event that Congress still persisted in doing what it has done in the past - ignoring the problem and doing nothing - this Board's proposals would be implemented automatically, achieving an end-run around the special interest lobbies.
Don't the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators understand that as long as they persist in doing what they're doing, no one will ever invite them to a fancy Beltway cocktail party?
If they persist in doing the same thing, then avoid them.
Senator Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee, went further, saying, in December, that if Reid "persists in doing what he says he will do, which is to break the rules of the Senate to change the filibuster rules, he will go down in history as the senator who ended the Senate".
He looks older and tired, but he has style, both as a man and as a movie character who persists in doing what he's always done, not because he really wants the money but because there's simply nothing else to do".
Is it an impeachable offense if he persists in not doing his office?
So why do so many highly paid chief executives of acquiring companies persist in doing the opposite?
