Example sentences of "was convinced [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mellowed by two bottles of beer , he was convinced that Hank was telling the truth ; his mind was already going to work considering how to double that forty thousand . |
| 2 | Simone de Beauvoir was convinced that Nizan 's confrontation with the reality of the Soviet experiment had been a profoundly disorientating experience for him : " Nizan was deeply disturbed to discover that out there , as here , everyone died alone and knew it " , she noted . |
| 3 | The panelled room , hung with dusty coats of arms , suited his self-esteem , for Dornberg was a very proud man who was convinced that Europe did not properly appreciate his military genius . |
| 4 | Ehrenburg was convinced that Modi had a gift of prophecy . |
| 5 | It was not quite what she envisaged for herself but it had the advantage of being cheap and it went some way towards satisfying Grace , who was convinced that London was a den of iniquity waiting to swallow up her unsuspecting daughter . |
| 6 | He also said that he was convinced that South African agents and others concerned with intelligence gathering were responsible for more than a dozen burglaries at the houses and offices of himself and his professional advisers . |
| 7 | He was convinced that Brampton and Vechey had been brutally murdered , though by whom he could not say . |
| 8 | Nizan was convinced that February 1934 was a watershed not only in terms of cultural politics , but also in terms of cultural production . |
| 9 | Celia was convinced that Brassard and Georgina could hear everything . |
| 10 | Whatever I did I was convinced that people did n't like me , and that if only I could be slim and keep that way with sensible eating habits , they would . |
| 11 | After a series of dramatic confrontations , Diana was convinced that Charles 's friendship with Camilla had ended . |
| 12 | He was convinced that Boulton would use his ‘ superior ingenuity to improve it ’ and use it against the Americans . |
| 13 | Jim was convinced that politicians were ‘ more interested in Westminster gossip about David Mellor than getting human rights established in law ’ . |
| 14 | Despite her negligible experience of men before she met him , she was convinced that Ludovico was as near to perfection as any man could be . |
| 15 | She was convinced that sailors and tourists she saw were his emissaries , sent to proclaim his love for her . |
| 16 | Even Thomas Hearne , a Nonjuring Jacobite who himself was convinced that James III was the legitimate King , nevertheless thought that the reason why people were becoming more sympathetic to a Stuart restoration was a result of the favour George I had shown to the Whigs : He hath turned the Tories out , and filled all places with those of the Whiggish party . |
| 17 | The News Chronicle 's Alan Dent was convinced that Ken was the show 's ‘ mainstay ’ ( the Sunday Express said he was the ‘ main prop ’ ) ‘ an impish sprite who does many unaccountable , inscrutable and impish things ’ . |
| 18 | From the outset , McLaren was convinced that Branson wanted only to take the Sex Pistols away from him , ‘ and grind me into the ground ’ . |
| 19 | He was convinced that HIV is transmitted only by mucosal route and doubted whether any vaccine that fails to convey mucosal immunity will protect against the disease . |
| 20 | Internal Affairs Minister Khristo Danov declared on June 5 that he was convinced that Bulgaria 's former secret police had carried out the murder in 1978 of Georgi Markov . |
| 21 | Beth was convinced that Matthew would run away if she took him from this house , then what would become of him ? |
| 22 | According to her she was convinced that Francis would inherit and dispose of the business , but she might have thought she could do a deal with Beryl . |
| 23 | A spokesman for the department said the United States was convinced that Libya was building chemical weapons manufacturing and related facilities . |
| 24 | Mr McCausland said that having made a survey of the non-drinking areas implemented by other councils he was convinced that Belfast was being treated ‘ less sympathetically ’ than elsewhere in the province . |