Sentences with phrase «insisted on coming»

We had a little difficulty starting the barbecue the first time we used it and Angelia insisted on coming right over and getting us going.

I never thought that he would become a pet, but several months after neutering, he planted himself at the patio door and insisted on coming inside.

His wife insisted on coming on the trip because it was a «once - in - a-lifetime» opportunity to visit.

The Glens Falls Post-Star: «Instead of signing off on a couple of excellent government transparency bills, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has insisted on coming up with his own proposals, which aren't as good.»

It appears that Alexis Sanchez is pretty much doing whatever the hell he likes at the moment, as after he insisted on coming out for Arsenal in the second half at West Brom against the wishes od Arsene Wenger and the advice of the Arsenal medical team, he has now taken his injured ankle off around the world to play for Chile in what will be a fiercely contested World Cup qualifier against Argentina.

Especially when leading a very stubborn mini donkey who insists on coming along wherever you go.

Piper likes to look around as we walk, and she insists on coming out of the sling for at least part of the bus ride.

The trouble with having an open mind is that people usually insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Concerned he is putting the welfare of his sympathizers at risk, Harry determines to work alone to stop Voldemort — until Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) insist on coming along.

Inevitably, Marlin and Nemo (voiced, this time, by newcomer Hayden Rolence) insist on coming along, and before too long the misadventures begin.

Most people cross the street to avoid me, yet little old ladies insist on coming up to me and telling me I have «lovely hair».

If the Buyers Agent insists on coming we will let them attend as well so they can give you the reasons why they have offered the price they have.

Not exact matches

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, whose state of Connecticut shouldered the killing of 20 children in Newtown in 2012, led a filibuster on Wednesday to try to force a vote, insisting he would stay on the Senate floor «until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together.»

Prior shareholder letters insisted the proposals were misguided or ignored the company's efforts to spell out its position that even a world intent on limiting temperature rises would still need more oil — a position shared by bodies such as the International Energy Agency, which sees oil demand rising for some years to come yet.

Toronto - based consultant and author Barbara Moses, who leads workshops around balance with executives and middle managers, says that, while bosses routinely send e-mails to their subordinates outside of business hours, she's never once come across an employer who insisted on an immediate response, except in emergencies.

Thus, insisting on strong English skills as a condition of coming to America is likely to increase labor market competition and suppress wages.

The Mayor insisted on chairing the discussion, and indeed even voted on the matter when it came up for a vote.

The House of Cards deal tossed that model out like so many catered leftovers, as Netflix bet on the product without insisting on the creative control that comes with a traditional TV deal.

Collins this week repeated that, insisting that he needs to come clean on 40 questions Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer failed to «fully» answer last week.

Rather than conforming to others» opinions, they come to rely on their own independent judgment,» Grant insists.

Morneau defended himself Friday by insisting Ottawa has absolutely not come to any conclusions on what national pharmacare could look like.

«So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade - off with my own privacy.»

Coming up with a number sounds clean and scientific but relying entirely on such a score and disregarding words entirely, means you lose the human voices behind the statistics, which have huge value, Marke insists.

When our sense of worth depends on being right, it often comes at the expense of someone else's dignity and worth because we insist on making them wrong.

These transitions don't come easily because he insists on leading by committee and not simply stepping aside.

Despite the fact that at least five of the judges involved in the two appeal court judgements were originally appointed to lower courts by Brian Mulroney's Conservative government, Harper insisted: «It was the government that decided to put the judges on the bench, the government that decided not to appeal, the government that decided to lose the case and the government that decided not to come back to Parliament.

If somebody comes in and insists on us signing an NDA, I wonder if their idea is good enough for me to invest in, because if my knowing the idea suddenly undermines their opportunity, that doesn't sound like a very good business to me.

By insisting on the benefits, you can let others come up with the price.

The report, hinged on the implications of climate change, came at a time when energy experts were insisting that unless countries drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions by moving away from fossil fuels, climate change would remain inevitable.

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She refused to come to church with us when they stayed at Christmas, when they also insisted on sharing a room.

So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it's worth the trade - off with my own privacy.»

I withdraw from speculating on whether there is such a being until sensible proof for one has been provided, and the religiously inclined have never been able to come up with any even as many of their number insist that their beliefs are factual.

Some evangelical prayer meetings look «quite a lot like the Pietist conventicals»; the literature on the two «resemble» and «echo» each other; one «comes to mind» when one deals with the other; the ideas of one «would not be alien» to the other; and both «insisted on» similar themes about the warmed heart and signs of regeneration.

The first nine calls proved to be of no avail, but on the tenth he was greeted by a warm southern voice, a nonalcoholic Oxford Grouper who insisted that she understood how he felt and that he should come to her home at once.

This is why Jesus insisted that if you come to the altar and remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift on the altar and first be reconciled to your brother.

«In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.

But I know that in turn I have come to dislike others who insist on being truthful with me — how quick I am to explain away their comments!

Many congregations within the SBC still practice closed communion and insist on re «baptizing new members who come from non «Baptist traditions.

There were plenty of men (Karl Jaspers, Fritz Bun, Herbert Braun and others) who urged him to complete his program by a thoroughgoing secularization, but Bultmann obstinately insisted on the power and grace of the Other who comes.

When it comes to making decisions about cancer treatment, I appear to be what Schwartz would call a «satisficer,» one who is willing to live with the «good enough» rather than insisting on the «best.»

He noted that much of the most creative and challenging theology and biblical work is coming from the Third World, yet most Ph.D. requirements continue to insist on study in German, French, Italian and English.

A recent sermon on stewardship insisted, apparently in all seriousness, that the church didn't need any more money or volunteers, so giving of time or money should come only out of genuine gratitude.

Comes with the territory unless you insist on polite, policy which prevent pejoratives.

God made everything wonderful and beautiful, and atheists come and mess up everything with their evil insist on filthy autonomy.

So that I don't come off as simply a squabbler, let me add something positive to help those that have never met, known, or spent «real» time with a homosexual but insist on formulating opinions nonetheless.

= > You are invited to the party yet you choose not to come down the pathway and insist on trampling my flower bed and flipping the bird at those inside.

This revision of theological concepts beginning with an exegesis of the New Testament centered on the preaching of the Kingdom to come finds support in the parallel revision of the theology of the Old Testament inspired by Martin Buber, which insists on the massive opposition between the God of the promise — the God of the desert, of the wandering — and the gods of the «epiphanic» religions.

There is only One GOD and there are no other Gods to worship other than GOD... all the rest are his servants... if you worship the One GOD Only doing which ever you know would please him as Good deeds then fear no other... what ever punishment would come as; «It will be for what you knew was wrong but insisted in doing or practicing» then again for which ever «you knew was Right but still you insisted on avoiding or rejecting»...!

• Not all of us aspire to heaven as quickly and completely as that holy man, but Our Lord does insist on the absolute priority of letting nothing come between us and our salvation.