Example sentences of "persuade [pers pn] that i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | I had told Ron , who was with me in Rome , that I had n't seen the point in attending the practice , but he had persuaded me that I ought to attend . |
2 | I was hoping to miss that one , because you might be trying to persuade me that I should erm , partake rather more of healthier food , than of the unhealthy food that I do eat . |
3 | Now , was it Margery Fish or Vita Sackville-West whose rhapsodies persuaded me that I must have this lime-green foamy-flowered plant with the scalloped leaves edged with silver hairs , in which captured raindrops gleamed like opals , at absolutely any price ? |
4 | The clergy were very supportive and Bishop Brunner persuaded me that I should extend the membership of the Guild so that it was more Diocesan oriented . |
5 | So anyway I finally persuaded her that I 'd that I 'd like to emigrate to the United States and she we I had some contacts in the United States of course , through her . |