Example sentences of "persuaded [pers pn] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But before I went to Luggnagg , an official I had met in Lagado persuaded me to visit the small island of Glubbdubdrib .
2 For Aleksandras Macijauskas , photography began as a profession when Sutkus persuaded him to join the Lithuanian Photographic Society based in the capital Vilnius .
3 It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing .
4 Eventually we persuaded him to contact the previous owners .
5 Bush persuaded him to resign the top foreign policy post and become White House chief of staff , in charge of the campaign .
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