Example sentences of "persuade she [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was trying to persuade her to move to a retirement flat in Waverley Road . ’ |
| 2 | I found I had to get Dawn 's weight down much more than I 'd expected , or would have wished , just to persuade her to come for the food on my fist . |
| 3 | The other sister , Mary , was four years younger than Eleanor , and Froissart tells the story that Thomas took responsibility for educating Mary in the hope of persuading her to go into a nunnery , so that he would receive the entire Bohun inheritance . |
| 4 | After many earnest conversations with Berthe Weill , who dealt in the works of modern artists such as Dufy , Vlaminck , Utrillo , Pascin and Picasso , he persuaded her to put on an exhibition for Modigliani . |
| 5 | And he would somehow persuade her to part with the Fabergé desk set . |