Example sentences of "convince [pn reflx] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In the interim , Alistair had convinced himself of the following : before returning his aggrieved letter , Sixsmith had steamed it open and then resealed it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She had never convinced herself of the reality of her pregnancy , she had never done anything about it . |
| 5 | Speak to yourself , convince yourself of the positive reality . |
| 6 | We may assert that people are essentially good and born in a ‘ state of grace ’ because we need to convince ourselves of these facts . |
| 7 | To convince ourselves of the specificity of the bursting effect , Roger and I repeated the experiment using the electroshock amnesia approach I referred to above ; the bursting activity , like the biochemical and structural changes , occurs only in the animals which remember the task . |
| 8 | In any event , in due course a suitable solatium in the form of an apology was offered to Harold Wilson — or at lest a solatium which he regarded as suitable since he possesses the invaluable quality of being able to convince himself of the correctness of whatever he does — and the matter ended . |
| 9 | ‘ Fenella will go on to the Fire Court , of course , ’ said Floy , who had very nearly managed to convince himself of this . |
| 10 | Gasping for breath , she stared wildly round to convince herself of where she was . |
| 11 | Donna tried to convince herself of that as she walked slowly around the ruins of Mountpelier Lodge . |
| 12 | Men will say ‘ I love you ’ to get women into bed with them ; women will say ‘ I love you ’ to get men into marriage with them ; both will say ‘ I love you ’ to keep fear at bay , to convince themselves of the deed by the word , to assure themselves that the promised condition has arrived , to deceive themselves that it has n't yet gone away . |
| 13 | Many of the most committed Calvinists , who had wrestled for lengthy periods with the doctrine of predestination before finally convincing themselves of the assuredness of their salvation , reacted with fury and outrage to Arminius 's teachings , and in the United Provinces the resulting theological controversy provoked a major political crisis , culminating in the defeat of the Arminians at the Synod of Dort in 1618 . |
| 14 | The difficulty lies in convincing yourself of that ! |