asked/required/requested/demanded that

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Robert asked/required/requested/demanded that he be paid $100 more per week.

Are all four verbs fine with this sentence?

Thank you in advance.
 
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'Required' doesn't collocate happily with 'that he be paid'.

The others are OK.

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