Example sentences of "[verb] not believe [pron] " in BNC.

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1 My friends said she 's trouble and the last thing I should have done was let her move in and I was a bloody fool not to believe them .
2 Virginia did n't really believe all the tales she heard about the witch of Wardle Wood — or , at least , she tried not to believe them .
3 He was careful not to make the connection too often in his mind , the idea was bizarre , better not to believe it , certainly it must n't be spoken of , but at moments such as now he could n't push it away — and did n't want to .
4 Foucard has n't believed your story of the row , has he ? ’
5 He seems not to believe you have lost your memory .
6 Y'would n't believe it .
7 If she did not believe him they could go together to the man .
8 The pilot , with no diplomatic clearance number , made one up ; air-traffic control did not believe him , but he managed to weave his way towards Iran even as he argued with them .
9 Somehow the Bookman did not believe him .
10 PC Sparkes did not believe him .
11 At first we did not believe him .
12 I did not believe him — but I wanted to .
13 She did not believe him .
14 When she said she did not know ( which was true , for a long time ) they did not believe her .
15 I had not believed her then , and I did not believe her now .
16 Oliver did not believe her , but he thought that at last this might be an opportunity to escape .
17 But she did not speak in her usual natural way , and Mary did not believe her .
18 Even her own family did not believe her .
19 He did not believe her .
20 His tone was without menace , but Lisa sensed he did not believe her .
21 Still he did not believe her .
22 She did not believe me .
23 He shook his head doubtfully as if he did not believe me but did n't want to be harsh about saying so .
24 At first , of course , Richard did not believe me .
25 And when I told them that in my country there were millions just like me , they did not believe me , but just smiled .
26 My mother , quite properly , did not believe me , but as I was now clearly an adult , even if an unsatisfactory one , she could not directly accuse me of lying .
27 I told him , although it was not true , that the local carabinieri had said he would not remain locked up there for long , but I am sure he did not believe me .
28 He did not believe me .
29 But I could see from the look in his eyes that he did not believe me .
30 Julia was not at all sure that she had followed all the details of the story , and did not believe everything she had been told , but she did accept that Raffaella was genuinely afraid .
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