Example sentences of "convince [pron] that what [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wished she could convince herself that what he 'd said had merely been an idle threat . |
| 2 | Even when my application was on its way I still could n't convince myself that what I was doing was likely to qualify for any kind of grant . |
| 3 | It is easy enough now for me to convince you that what you need is a PC running Windows and capable of running up-to-date software such as Timeworks 3 and Works for Windows ( which basically means a 386 , although an SX model will do ) . |
| 4 | Useless at the moment to try to touch her , to convince her that what he felt for her was love and a pity so enormous that it was almost unmanning him . |
| 5 | I attempted desperately to convince myself that what I was experiencing was just a particularly cruel and hateful dream concocted by some part of my mind determined to exact due penalty from my conscience for my having behaved with such despicable lack of grace during the holidays … but failed utterly ; my sub-conscious ' stock of nightmare-paradigms includes nothing so banally twisted as Gav . |