Example sentences of "[pron] could persuade [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion he had , after the expenditure of many millions , built a refinery in Newfoundland , and he telephoned me to ask whether I could persuade Winston Churchill to come to the grand opening . |
| 2 | He made the effort to convince Kirk that the role could be expanded , but nothing could persuade Douglas the role was worthy of him . |
| 3 | Endless reassurance had been necessary — not of her beauty , for nothing could persuade Annabel that it had not vanished , but of her value to them all , and of her family 's affection . |
| 4 | Perhaps she could persuade Charles Harvey to take her to Andrew Neil before they went out to dinner . |
| 5 | It was denied , but a Paris official asked : ‘ Do you think we could persuade Mr Herbert Chapman to join us ? |
| 6 | If only we could persuade George Bush to look back at Iraq to see what has been left behind . |
| 7 | Sami Jafaar was confident he could persuade Hamadan to renew his friendship with Younis , and that , between them , they could cook up some pretext to lure Younis out of Lebanon into neutral territory for an FBI snatch . |
| 8 | Mr Ferguson has been a fan of Schmeichel for four years , but it was not until last summer that he could persuade Denmark 's top club , Brondby , to accept an offer . |
| 9 | Bert had gone to see whether he could persuade Pat to join him . |
| 10 | If anyone could persuade Suzie to give up her madcap scheme it would be she , Gina . |