Example sentences of "persuaded [pron] [to-vb] the " 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 | After a good day 's fishing he persuaded me to spend the night at Fullcircle . |
| 3 | Eventually Rose persuaded them to hold the reception in the house . |
| 4 | So , on my return home , I approached the French Federation and persuaded them to support the idea of a Student World Cup in France ’ , Bonfils recalled . |
| 5 | They also really used me over the T-shirts which got them busted — and persuaded them to change the shop name from Sex to Seditionaries . |
| 6 | What persuaded you to make the arrangement more permanent ? |
| 7 | His vestigial liberalism or compassion persuaded him to resist the introduction of the poll tax for nurses and other deserving persons — but the Whips knew him as a man who would always toe the lobby line with a specious ministerial assurance , such as Nicolas Ridley 's promised poll tax rebate of £130 millions . |
| 8 | When the young King was dying , probably of tuberculosis , the protector , Northumberland , persuaded him to leave the throne in his Will to his Protestant cousin Lady Jane Grey , Northumberland 's daughter-in-law , instead of to his Catholic half-sister Mary , as prescribed in the Act of Succession of Henry VIII 's reign . |
| 9 | For Aleksandras Macijauskas , photography began as a profession when Sutkus persuaded him to join the Lithuanian Photographic Society based in the capital Vilnius . |
| 10 | It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing . |
| 11 | It was only the threat of banishment from the game that persuaded him to wear the sponsors ' bibs at the tournaments . |
| 12 | I am glad that Bill Jackson 's wife ( an ex-Waaf ) persuaded him to write the book , and that her beautiful little poem about P-Peter 's crew is included . |
| 13 | Eventually we persuaded him to contact the previous owners . |
| 14 | And it was only the brave pleading of hostage Barbara Brady that persuaded him to hand the ammunition over , the Old Bailey was told . |
| 15 | Bush persuaded him to resign the top foreign policy post and become White House chief of staff , in charge of the campaign . |
| 16 | ‘ He was there told something — I 'm guessing — which persuaded him to accompany the driver to his own flat in Water Eaton Road . |
| 17 | Ken persuaded him to cut the portions he was making for Orton and himself into three . |
| 18 | The delicious aroma of small deep-fried meatballs persuaded her to choose the frikadeller served with sweet and sour cucumber , red cabbage and crisply fried potato chips , washed down with a glass of ice-cold Danish beer . |
| 19 | As you can see , sir , this lady is quite a redoubtable lady and it was with great difficulty that we persuaded her to await the outcome of this enquiry before insisting on seeing you personally , sir . ’ |
| 20 | At the very beginning of the reign William Cecil , by threatening to resign , persuaded her to follow the Council 's advice , which was not unanimous , and intervene in Scotland . |