Sentence examples for insisting at the from inspiring English sources

But, in order to keep up morale among the troops, he kept insisting at the time that we were "winning".

When that tactic didn't work, he began insisting at the debates that his plan for Detroit wasn't really that different from President Obama's.

Despite insisting at the start of the season that Spurs' aim was to finish in the top four and thus return to the Champions League next year, a good start has seen them emerge as potential Premier League candidates, although they will need to improve their on-field performances after the shock 3-0 loss to West Ham at White Hart Lane last weekend.

Dulieu, formerly of Southampton, only stood down as chairman at the start of the month in order to work more closely with manager Andy Thorn, insisting at the time that the first stages of a long-term turnaround plan had helped stop the financially-stricken club from "haemorrhaging cash".

In a mordant and also purely American paradox, Trump has been insisting, at the debate and elsewhere, that he was lying when he bragged to Billy Bush, and the women were coming forward to say that no, for once Donald Trump had actually been telling the truth.

"The report covers eight years of the Clinton administration and eight months of the Bush administration," Mr. Hastert said, insisting at the same time that he did not want to see the report turned into a "political football" during an election year.

India insisted at the time that nothing in the deal would constrain its bomb programme.

But the official insisted at the time that no concrete plans were yet in place.

She insisted at the time Facebook was making a positive contribution.

He insisted at the time that his "ambitions lie elsewhere in the political arena".

The government insisted at the time that the exchange was "a one-time deal".