Sentence examples for insisted on him from inspiring English sources

Meeker found a pair of oxen; even though one proved unsuitable, the owner insisted on him purchasing both.

The loss adjusters appointed by the police have insisted on him sourcing receipts for furniture, appliances, fixtures and fittings even if he bought them years ago.

He kept telling me, 'Coach, I'm ready.' He said that when we drafted him, but I insisted on him sitting a year, watching and learning.

But just days ahead of the race a sponsor insisted on him donning the lurid yellow jerseys and cycling's radioactive man was still testing credibility with a series of wild attacks off the front of the peloton.

"I never insist on him eating what I prepare," he says, with a resigned smile.

They had already picked the man who would be my assistant and they were insisting on him.

His mark insisted on searching him, taking him to a bathroom to strip.

Instead they insisted on handcuffing him and taking him down to the police station, "Just to check things out".

He is said to have grabbed her braids and hurled her to the floor -- after which she insisted on marrying him and bore him nine children.

The gang members saw the logic behind that but insisted on giving him a beating before releasing him.

Believing Carballo was too young for such work, he pelted him with rocks the next few times he insisted on trailing him to the course.