"You are not in a position to insist upon anything."

But she would have none of it, and insisted upon her own.

I ask you once more, therefore, not to insist upon the point.

Would there have been some reason for her to insist upon that?

"Because there are certain members of the Council who insisted upon it."

But I do not understand why they insisted upon these shoes.

I insisted upon a written contract, and he kept its terms.

However, if you insist upon it, I will do so.

I have to insist upon a total change in all these respects.

No food was served out, either: a small point, but one that Jack had always insisted upon.