| The chairman pulled rank, as they so often do in such open and shut cases, and persuaded his underlings he was entitled to enter his court. |
| I kept putting the decision off, until my friend persuaded me to tell the baby's father. |
| The accountants decided the accounts were inefficient, and persuaded the politicians to close them. |
| Joe readily admits that he was persuaded to play the leading character over a few drinks. |
| What, for instance, would stop Third World women being financially persuaded to become pregnant and abort to provide the cells? |
| She was soon persuaded to have more carpets than she wanted and they brought in some rolls before quoting a price for the work. |
