Example sentences of "do [not/n't] believe a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not believe a newspaper should be part of the apparatus of the state ; we are not a totalitarian society . |
| 2 | Phoebe , like her mother , did not believe a word of it , but part of her knew it was true . |
| 3 | She did not believe a word of it and despised Ellen for concocting such a sentimental and silly scene . |
| 4 | ‘ The trial lasted six days and in his summing up , the judge said that it was too difficult to determine the age of the dogs and that he did not believe a breeder would know her own stock — so basically the ‘ coincidence ’ was too strong . |
| 5 | Of course she did not believe a word Sean O'Farrell was saying . |
| 6 | He did not believe a strike would be easy — or even , necessarily , possible — to arrange . |
| 7 | Little Billy did not believe a word of this . |
| 8 | ‘ He bumbled and tugged at his ear and said he hoped I might call again at a more opportune moment , though I did not believe a word of it . |
| 9 | He had it all worked out , but Coffin did not believe a word of it . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes ? ’ prompted Dr Neil with a grin — for some reason he did not believe a word of this farrago — to hear her reply in a low voice , |
| 11 | We have also heard some honest interventions , however , The hon. and learned Member for Perth and Kinross ( Sir N. Fairbairn ) staggered to his feet to tell us that he did not believe a word of what Ministers were saying . |
| 12 | He did not believe a word of it . |
| 13 | He did not believe a single word of her story . |
| 14 | However , I confess that I do not believe a party , any more than the society which it serves , can fail to suffer if it knowingly allows institutions to fall more and more out of correspondence with contemporary needs . |
| 15 | The letter said : ‘ We do not believe a nation can be rich or successful while some are ground down into an ‘ underclass ’ or are deprived of the means of contributing to society . |
| 16 | I do not believe a more structured approach will kill creativity ; on the contrary , given the necessary skill children 's achievements can be quite remarkable . |
| 17 | Do not believe a word of it . |
| 18 | Is the Minister aware of the deep concern felt also by those who attend non-vocational classes in the evenings and at other times who , I am sorry to say , do not believe a word that the Minister says about continuing those classes ? |
| 19 | I do not believe a professional man would … be influenced in any significant way because he knew that the interests of some other person beside his employer would be affected by the conclusion which he reached . |
| 20 | We did n't believe a word he said . ’ |
| 21 | She did n't believe a word of them , of course . |
| 22 | I 'm quite sure she did n't believe a word of this , but in Oxford it is considered good manners to take an adversarial position so as to generate an interesting conversation and allow both parties to display their intelligence , knowledge and eloquence . |
| 23 | I was just going to say I did n't believe a word of it but … . |
| 24 | She did n't believe a word of it . |
| 25 | Staring at him , at the strength , the energy that always seemed to radiate from him despite his easy , relaxed air , she did n't believe a word of it . |
| 26 | I did n't believe a word she was saying . |
| 27 | So I did n't believe a word Stef said . |
| 28 | The followers a a are obliged to believe it and so the faith , the creed of the Catholic Church then becomes an article of membership and if you do n't subscribe to the creed , then this has implications for your standing in the group and you can for example be persecuted and Catholics not believing , whereas in a group like this , I do n't think we need a creed , we certainly would n't persecute anybody because we did n't believe a particular thing , because we can all negotiate our personal relations face- to-face . |
| 29 | She did n't believe a word of it . |
| 30 | Plainly he did n't believe a word she said . |