Example sentences of "i believe [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He had a marvellous collection of carved whales ' teeth and Ian and I believed every word he said .
2 He got quieter and quieter as the story unfolded , and I believed every word of it .
3 And I , and I believed every word of it .
4 My eyes became coals of fire in my head , and I believed every moment that I was condemned to perish in the belly of a whale .
5 I believed the genre was still an important and powerful one .
6 Rachel felt breathless , said softly , ‘ But I believed the stuff about Swift because you kept throwing it at me . ’
7 Well — I believed the half of it . ’
8 I believed the case for electrification to be overwhelming .
9 I believed the senator was a thoughtful man whose wealth had elevated him above the need to make compromises with his convictions .
10 I felt guilty for challenging his motives and , even though a tiny corner of my mind was hearing an imaginary Ellen scoff at my naïvety , I believed the senator 's sudden and passionate sincerity .
11 ‘ I suppose , ’ Nicholas said , ‘ that like yourself , I believed the matter could wait . ’
12 For a while I believed the bust-up had done the trick .
13 How often have I excluded people from discussion and decision-making because I believed the information was beyond their understanding ?
14 I believed the military had notified pilots that a military exercise was taking place so the pilopts were on general alert .
15 ‘ Why should I believe a word you say , Luke ?
16 Why do I believe a vacancy genuinely exists at present ?
17 Every group in this council and I believe every member who speaks , agrees that we have a need to refurbish homes .
18 I believe every word .
19 " On the contrary , I believe every word , specially when it 's depressing .
20 To master something of the knowledge to put them down on paper not only requires some study and drawing skills , but I believe a sense of rhythm as well .
21 I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly .
22 Supper was as lavish as they had yet had in Scotland : ‘ A large dish of minced beef collops , a large dish of fricassee of fowl , I believe a dish called fried chicken or something like it , a dish of ham or tongue , some excellent haddocks , some herrings , a large bowl of rich milk , frothed , as good a bread-pudding as I ever tasted , full of raisin and lemon or orange peel , and sillabubs made with port wine and in sillabub glasses .
23 What I believe a notion of computer language level can do , though I have not achieved it here , is to put some procedural flesh on those traditional bones .
24 Similarly , just economic structures are I believe a part of God 's intention for human society .
25 I used to go and fetch the , the butter from do n't bring margarine my father used to say we put better stuff on our machines so er I used to go to for my father kept foul , I used to fetch a peck of , bushel of this and a bushel of , you know all the various things that , bran and stuff for the foul yes , yes and I believe a lady , she has , she 's only recently died and but she kept it for a long long while Elsie her name was .
26 I believe a lot of what they have done has been in a calculated way , like getting George Best on the cover .
27 A lot of homes have been raided erm and I believe a lot of people have been taken , of all nationalities .
28 I believe a jail should be a penitentiary where inmates are not ill-treated , but where the going is so rough they would not want to come back again , ’ he blasted .
29 It is I believe a result of that situation that reference to the correct , that is to say the continuation of washing-over , was not known in the documents first submitted by way of representation to various planning .
30 I believe a lion or a devil , or both , are trailing us now ! ’
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