Example sentences of "[adv] convinced [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had taken me a little time , partly as I was still sleepy , partly as I had so convinced myself Old Red had reported me . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The significance of all this is that Utah had already convinced themselves that test-tube fusion could be an economic bonanza of unimaginable magnitude , and the first shots in the skirmish for priority had already been fired in February with the accusations that Jones had pirated the Utah chemists ' work . |
| 5 | They had also convinced themselves that the Chancellor would read the runes and introduce additional tax measures to ensure the PSBR fell well short of £50 billion . |
| 6 | Nor , Branson had now convinced himself , was an airline that far removed from the principle of expanding into related businesses . |
| 7 | I think I 'd almost convinced myself that when I saw you I 'd be cured . |
| 8 | In fact , she had almost convinced herself that they had been some sort of reaction to the arrival of that poison pen letter . |
| 9 | She had never convinced herself of the reality of her pregnancy , she had never done anything about it . |
| 10 | Signs of this were evident at Christmas and , happily , at Easter , too , Not only did Channel 4 go out in peak time with Granada 's king Lear on Easter Monday but also had the bright idea of showing us on that day , in Are you having any fun ? archive material demonstrating how the British had determinedly convinced themselves they were enjoying themselves as long ago as 1896 and as lately as 1964 . |