Sentence examples for insisted I ask from inspiring English sources

He was a joy to talk to – thoughtful and forthcoming – and was incredibly patient and cooperative in answering at length several questions my editor insisted I ask about Dirty Dancing, the stage version of which was coincidentally opening the same month.

Although Allyan was identified in the Israeli media as having been imprisoned for past activities related to Fatah, in a list of things he wanted to be done after his death, posted on Facebook, he insisted: "I ask that the political parties do not claim responsibility for my attack.

Once back inside she sat me at her glass-topped dining-room table, gave me a plastic bottle of spring water and insisted I could ask her anything, anything at all.

My roommates, one of whom had a crush on this asshole, insisted I was asking for his harassment, even though I had barely spoken to the guy.

Whenever I invited Beryl Bainbridge to dinner, she invariably insisted that I ask Bill as well, because his self-deprecating sense of humour greatly appealed to her.

Panini insist – I've asked them – there is an even distribution of all stickers, but my own experience of more than 40 years suggests otherwise.

Male authors are "desperately self-conscious and so no good at writing about sex," Conran insists when I ask her why she thinks female writers seem to get more attention than their male counterparts when it comes to sexually explicit prose.

"When you're a fish in a fishbowl, you're not seeing all that," Stillman insisted, when I asked him about his interest in dissecting these kinds of social structures.

"It's not TechCrunch's practice to pay for downloads or any traffic," our Director of Product Christine Ying insisted when I asked her if she knew why our legit mobile app was hanging out with the likes of Big Win Slots in all of its desperate splendor in the middle of Draw Something Free! (or insert other lame mobile game here).

When his unrelenting arm grew tired, he stopped and asked if I still insisted I was a free man.

She's eating chocolate cake with sour cream, tells me it's gorgeous, insists I have a plate, and asks her assistant for a Kleenex to clear up a blob of cream.