Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pron] believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , almost angrily , she asked him , ‘ Why should I believe that you were afraid for me ? |
| 2 | They were wrong , so why should we believe that they have got it right on this occasion ? |
| 3 | Nor could I believe that it was the intention to bring in at a single stroke a charge to tax that would be calculated to interrupt the education and expectations of so many parents and children , for it is surely common knowledge that the provision of free or subsidised education for the children of those teaching in independent schools was part of their usual terms of employment and that the salaries paid would be wholly insufficient to meet a charge to tax based on the full fees of the school . |
| 4 | How could you believe that I 'd do such a thing ? ’ |
| 5 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 6 | But how could we believe that health and education could be the main players in achieving these targets ? |
| 7 | How could he believe that she would have done such a thing ? |
| 8 | How dare they believe that they could stand before the flower of Bretonnian chivalry ! |
| 9 | She had n't been prepared for the way poetry came into this fitting together of parts , Shall I believe that unsubstantial Death is amorous , and that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour , she recited in her head , as O'Hara climbed on top and humped her beneath the rude unshaded bulb . |
| 10 | Would you believe that the sight of her in that condition made me feel differently about her ? |
| 11 | So I mean if y if you say that 's , that 's the income you 've got at the moment , what , what sort of income would you believe that er that Mrs Goodwin would need if you were n't around tomorrow ? |
| 12 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 13 | Would you believe that that 's |
| 14 | D' ya know would you believe that she 's only been laid twice . |
| 15 | We take it as obviously inadequate merely to assert that fundamental syntax is semantic ; nor shall we believe that we have described ( let alone explained ) the meaning of a syntactic construction by simply giving it a name , such as attribution or predicative adjunction . |
| 16 | Perhaps my problem is the way I perceived the first news of the crumbling of the old Europe ; sitting in hospital and festooned in drip feeds and stoned out of my mind on pethidine as I came round from an anaesthetic , I muzzily watched the news on the TV in the corner of my room and truly believed I was hallucinating as I saw kitchen choppers taking down the Berlin Wall ; after such a beginning to the thaw , how can I believe that as well as East Germany 's arrival in the West , Czechoslovakia is almost herself again . |
| 17 | Can you believe that pallister missed his first game in 70 matches on saturday ? ? |
| 18 | Can you believe that she says that . |
| 19 | Nor can we believe that were we to allow this application , potential future witnesses would be deterred from co-operating in investigations yet to come or the police feel inhibited from giving future reassurance as to the consequences of such co-operation in the self-same terms as at present . |
| 20 | If the Opposition Front Bench can not get its act together , how can we believe that they want to introduce effective inspection ? |
| 21 | How can he believe that the fear of unemployment will go away while unemployment has continued to rise ? |
| 22 | In that context , can anyone believe that the introduction of differential pricing will mean they will suddenly push commissions down again ? |