Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] him of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must persuade him of her good intentions — for it had never crossed her mind that she would not repay him — but she must also try to convince him of the seriousness of her situation and persuade him to grant her a bit of leeway . |
| 2 | Since her death he had never wanted to touch anything that might remind him of her . |
| 3 | He was so utterly convinced of his own rightness that there was no way she could persuade him of her innocence at this moment . |
| 4 | Now , please have Red Sixteen sent for , so that I may inform him of my decision . ’ |
| 5 | President Yeltsin was also facing trouble from Russia 's supreme legislature , which was reported to be tabling a motion that would strip him of his emergency powers . |
| 6 | What most terrified Bernier was the notion that his long stay in India would rob him of his cultivated Parisian sensibilities . |
| 7 | When he refused , and persisted in his lofty , tolerant , self-satisfaction , she understood that only some drastic gesture would persuade him of her seriousness . |
| 8 | he had , he had a definite attitude problem so they said they would relieve him of his contract oh that 's fair enough , they 're paying you good money and they expect you to work hard and that 's it but we finish at one o'clock next term |
| 9 | Any action on the part of a religious or other teacher which undermines an individual 's awareness of his personal and family duties and leaves him with the means to claim that a ‘ god ’ will relieve him of them , is an action which is utterly irresponsible . |
| 10 | I think it fortunate that I met him as I am persuaded I can cure him of his disorder or turn the evil to good ’ . |