Metrina Harcourt was not in uniform, and she looked a little ill at ease, as though her companion had insisted that she introduce them, rather than merely requested.

The detective had told him that Alexander Atkins and his companion insisted that he meet them on Boxing Night as they would have definite instructions for him.

But in a few hours he grew accustomed to the change, and spent the majority of the day absorbed in a book his companion insisted he study.

His female companion insisted on accompanying him.

Perhaps her companion had insisted upon it.

Pressed further on their own feelings about having an American mechanized division maneuvering in their dusty backyard, Mr. Otaibi and his companions insisted they are relieved that the Americans have come.

I answered that I quite agreed with him, but that as my companions insisted upon making this journey, I could not desert them.

Why had he and his companions insisted on clinging to life, even while knowing they were condemned?

On a recent flight between New York and San Juan, my 4 1/2-year-old companion insisted on bringing along his Superman pyjamas.

He heard rumors that his partner had AIDS, but his companion insisted he was H.I.V. negative.