Sentence examples for insisted on hanging from inspiring English sources

Tony Sheldon, a veteran Australian actor who has played the transsexual Bernadette from the start, said that even though elements of the show and its marketing had been "toned down," "the one thing we've insisted on hanging onto is the roughness and abrasiveness to the musical".

They insisted on hanging the banner over the speaker's platform and then one delegate after another took the floor and extolled the fallen black captain.

They had a fight over the wallpaper for her room — Bruce insisted on hanging a fussy print, with pink flowers, that Alison despised.

They wanted to move the refrigerator to create better traffic flow and insisted on hanging light fixtures, which create a warmer atmosphere than recessed cans.

In 1784 he quarrelled with the Academy because they insisted on hanging the Three Eldest Princesses at the normal height from the floor, which Gainsborough maintained was too high to appreciate his lightness of touch and delicate pencilling.

About 20 years ago, my mother, a woman who puts more than 70 strings of white lights on her Christmas tree each year and who once insisted on hanging a stocking for the goldfish, decided to become frugal and make everybody pickles as their presents.

"It's what happens when you have an old city that insists on hanging on to the bad old political ways.

Now Walt and Janine are engaged, and Walt insists on hanging around the Empire Grill, calling Miles "Big Boy" and giving him advice.

Estonia and its export-driven economy could be quickly overshadowed by financial difficulties, particularly if the euro zone remains unstable and if neighboring countries like Poland and its Baltic neighbors insist on hanging on to their currencies.

It is not unusual for some bad news to pop up in the retailing business right after Christmas -- many troubled stores insist on hanging on through December in hopes that the holiday spending surge will deliver a Frank Capra-style miracle.

I have naively accepted the general view that there are not enough jobs to go round, and the elderly, if they insist on hanging on, will be robbing the young of desperately needed work.