11.   Then some friends convinced van Velde to go to St. Moritz, Switzerland, to give skating another try.

12.   This is about my trip to Las Vegas, which came about because this friend of mine convinced me it would be fun and profitable.

13.   Two years ago, a friend convinced him to play for his team in the semi-pro Dallas Amateur Baseball Association.

14.   When suitor after suitor flees, her friends convince her that restorative surgery will fool all future mates.

15.   Without drinking and gambling, Daly said his closest friends have convinced him he has to use golf as his outlet.

16.   A friend convinced this sickly fellow to buy a kam loong and keep it in a big aquarium in his living room.

17.   By this time, his friends had convinced him to join their fledging band and the young Sivawong dutifully crammed his way through sheet music and lyric books.

18.   Then a friend convinced him that the time was right to start the agency.