Example sentences of "could not believe that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The officer in charge of the post could not believe that a couple who had arrived by air on Tuesday should be returning home by car on Wednesday . |
| 2 | Galileo could not believe that a genius such as Archimedes would have used such a crude method . |
| 3 | Experienced as these riders were , they could not believe that the drugs would make the captives docile . |
| 4 | Franco could not believe that the miners wanted more than he had already given them and , as always , viewed their discontent as political subversion . |
| 5 | He simply could not believe that the Creator had done separate miracles in order to provide each of these insignificant islands with its own species of finch or mocking-bird . |
| 6 | He could not believe that the attitude expressed in para ( a ) was helpful , although he agreed that there was great concern about the reduction in eligibility for legal aid . |
| 7 | Just a fortnight ago , on 14 November , Councillor Mike Hastie , who is the Tory leader on Aberdeen district council , was reported as saying that he could not believe that the Government would now push through the measures . |
| 8 | But I could not believe that the policy went unchallenged when there still was scope for negotiation and diplomatic intervention ; yet the Government seemed unwilling to try either . |
| 9 | Yet he could not believe that the KGB could have discovered his one small secret . |
| 10 | Sadat was shocked ; later he told his wife that he could not believe that the Shah would have allowed any foreign power such influence over his country 's affairs . |