Example sentences of "convinced [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stalin had been hoping that British and American forces would be used to create a ‘ second front ’ on the main continent of Europe and by now he had convinced himself that the United States and Britain were deliberately delaying the creation of the ‘ second front ’ so that the Russian forces would be weakened by allowing the major part of the German forces to continue to oppose them on the eastern front . |
| 2 | Once a patient has convinced himself that he has still got NSU , it is very difficult to persuade him that all the symptoms he complains of are in fact perfectly normal . |
| 3 | There was one department , however , that he 'd convinced himself he was not so good in : putting . |
| 4 | Without proof , he had convinced himself that there was someone else . |
| 5 | When he had convinced himself of this , and made sure that there was no other evidence which could lead the authorities to him , Kirov made his discreet departure . |
| 6 | By the spring of 1527 , Henry had convinced himself that his marriage to Catherine of Aragon was contrary to divine law and canonically invalid , and had resolved to put Catherine aside and to marry Anne Boleyn . |
| 7 | In the interim , Alistair had convinced himself of the following : before returning his aggrieved letter , Sixsmith had steamed it open and then resealed it . |
| 8 | Nor , Branson had now convinced himself , was an airline that far removed from the principle of expanding into related businesses . |
| 9 | Had he convinced himself , or could he produce at will this rapture to convince others ? |
| 10 | Charles had so convinced himself of this that he did n't ring in to the production office until ten-thirty , deliberately giving the producer time to sober up his intoxicated imagination . |
| 11 | He thought her pleasure in Florian 's win was for her once and future lover and , presumably , that in her euphoria she was going to let him jump this queue of men he had convinced himself she had waiting for her sexual favours . |
| 12 | It was only sexual jealousy that he felt , after all , because he had convinced himself that she and Florian had been lovers and probably would be again when this was over . |
| 13 | For she was far from being the ruthlessly manipulative monster that Jake appeared to have convinced himself she was . |
| 14 | Although the White House had convinced itself that a Labour victory would be perfectly tolerable , the President is undoubtedly pleased that Britain is still being run by a man and a party he knows he can rely on . |
| 15 | So the ‘ house of hype ’ has convinced itself that it 's full steam ahead with the architecture centre and hand the cost ( RIBA Journal September ) conservatively £40,000,000 ( count those noughts ) over 30 years . |
| 16 | It is surprising that New Scientist should have convinced itself that the nuclear weapons policy of the SDP is ‘ indistinguishable ’ from that of the government . |
| 17 | Since the Third Department had convinced itself that Sunday schools were hotbeds of sedition , it was hardly surprising that in June 1862 the government closed them down . |
| 18 | Colleagues , the government 's inertia in tackling the crisis in industry stems from the fact that it has convinced itself , if not the general public , that there is no problem . |
| 19 | She had never convinced herself of the reality of her pregnancy , she had never done anything about it . |
| 20 | ‘ She had convinced herself it was n't happening , ’ headmistress Mrs Jill Lambert said . |
| 21 | But there were very few people who could sympathise with her — the presumption was that she was fiercely cold-hearted , driven by greed and shallowness , a woman who had convinced herself that she was above the law . |
| 22 | Beth had convinced herself that it was all her fault . |
| 23 | Anne had convinced herself that no harm would come to John , and now moved through her days in a happy dream . |
| 24 | In fact , she had almost convinced herself that they had been some sort of reaction to the arrival of that poison pen letter . |
| 25 | By the time the taxi driver pulled up outside the very normal house in the very normal street in one of the suburbs of Nice she had pretty much convinced herself that she was slowly going insane . |
| 26 | Luke stayed away for two weeks , during which time Maria had convinced herself that she was unlikely ever to see him again without actively seeking him out , so she could only stare incredulously for several seconds when she opened her apartment door in response to the bell 's summons early on a Friday evening and found him standing there . |
| 27 | She read it idiotically at least three times , until she 'd convinced herself there was no hidden psychological message in the bare statement of fact , and then realised that someone had just come in the front door of the flat and was moving around in the hall . |
| 28 | She had convinced herself that the intense impact which Vitor d'Arcos had once had on her had been a much exaggerated memory , the figment of an overheated imagination . |
| 29 | Having convinced yourself that you can safely find the ‘ hold ’ switch and abort an autorotation landing , you should beware of making a habit of this . |
| 30 | Once you 've convinced yourself you will get out of it , think positively and show some determination . |