Example sentences of "convinced [pn reflx] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought her pleasure in Florian 's win was for her once and future lover and , presumably , that in her euphoria she was going to let him jump this queue of men he had convinced himself she had waiting for her sexual favours . |
| 2 | For she was far from being the ruthlessly manipulative monster that Jake appeared to have convinced himself she was . |
| 3 | There was one department , however , that he 'd convinced himself he was not so good in : putting . |
| 4 | ‘ She had convinced herself it was n't happening , ’ headmistress Mrs Jill Lambert said . |
| 5 | Would you have asked for my investment if you had n't convinced yourself we were going to get married ? ’ |
| 6 | Once you 've convinced yourself you will get out of it , think positively and show some determination . |
| 7 | You 've convinced yourself you 're ill , and only you can come to realise that you 're as well as Dr Rafaelo or me . ’ |
| 8 | You know , rather like getting an adverse smear test , and before you know where you are you 've convinced yourself you 've got cancer when it was probably just a lousy smear and they did n't get enough cells . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd convinced myself I loved him … that he loved me … ’ |
| 10 | The pages ( 990 of them ) are full of helpful screen diagrams but I missed the ‘ idiot 's ’ step by step command style that I 've convinced myself I need in a manual — but then Windows 3.1 secrets is n't FOR idiot 's . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose I read too many thrillers but in the end I 'd convinced myself you 'd got too tough and killed somebody and George was mixed up in that ! ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |