Sentence examples for insisting on paying from inspiring English sources
When my father and I were booking our tickets, a few weeks earlier, he had surprised me by insisting on paying for one of the more expensive cabins.
Bankers, meanwhile, have made things worse by insisting on paying themselves huge bonuses after profiting so handsomely from the taxpayers' tolerance and largess.
Insisting on paying for dinner, Mr. Wojtowicz threw $2,000 out the door, sending federal agents scurrying to pick up the bills scattered on the sidewalk.
The second sealed her loyalty to the company by insisting on paying her $5,000 more than she requested as her starting salary.
Why have I, and people like me, been asked to contribute nothing?" Haddon told the Sunday Times he had annoyed his accountant by insisting on paying all tax that was due rather than seeking to avoid it.
Fayyad "dried up all slush accounts and went against Yasir Arafat's orders by insisting on paying all security officials by direct bank account (rather than with cash given to their commanders based on a questionable list of personnel)," wrote Daoud Kuttab, a prominent Palestinian journalist, in The Jewish Daily Forward.
We would find it odd, if not insulting, if we cooked someone a meal at home and they insisted on paying us for service and ingredients.
Just remember, if the guy you like is somewhat old-fashioned, he may insist on paying anyway.
