About pleading: “I wouldn’t have stayed if she hadn’t ________ (so hard).”
| PLEADED | 665 |
| PLED | 241 |
| BEGGED | 104 |
| NR | 36 |
| INSISTED | 15 |
| ASKED | 9 |
| COAXED | 6 |
| PLEAD | 5 |
| A’ BEGGED | 4 |
| BEGGED ME | 3 |
| ASKED ME | 2 |
| ASKED ME TO | 2 |
| CRIED | 2 |
| HAVE ASKED ME | 2 |
| URGED | 2 |
| ASK | 1 |
| BEG | 1 |
| BEGGED ME TO | 1 |
| COAXED ME | 1 |
| COPPED | 1 |
| HAVE ASKED | 1 |
| INVITED | 1 |
| KEPT PLEADING TO ME | 1 |
| MAKE HIS PLEA | 1 |
| PERSUADED | 1 |
| PLEDDED | 1 |
| TEASED | 1 |
| URGED ME TO | 1 |
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