Example sentences of "i believe [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believed for many years that I could move towards the future and leave the past behind , that there was no need for me to return home . |
| 2 | Well then , I thought , if I believed in such a being which I had to confess I once did but no more — He ( She or It ) would certainly have to be on my side now , the game working out as it had . |
| 3 | ‘ I have decided that what I believed in most of my life was wrong , ’ says the famous Mr Winmill . |
| 4 | I was an incurable romantic and yearned for a romantic friendship before it would be too late , for I believed in those days that romantic friendship was possible only in youth . |
| 5 | No I do I I believe in that as well think you should keep a lot of er green about , looks good . |
| 6 | The place gave Johnson another whiff of anthropology : here he stood as if in Africa or Arabia , greeting wild natives in their habitat : these Macraes might have been Xhosa tribesmen , or Tuaregs : ‘ The villagers gathered about us in considerable numbers , I believe without any evil intention , but with a very savage wildness of aspect and manner . ’ |
| 7 | As point of order I believe as this is a proposal of an amendment of the city board city board is the city board chair 's right of reply . |
| 8 | I have been privileged to hold office for 11 years in a series of jobs of enormous interest and I believe of some importance , especially in relation to drugs , broadcasting , the NHS and foreign affairs . |
| 9 | No , I do n't think I believe at all . |
| 10 | ‘ I believe at that time my wife Christina privately thought I was mad . |
| 11 | ‘ Isambard would hardly make him privy to what he 's done , if this is indeed his work , as I swear I believe with all my soul it is , ’ said Owen . |
| 12 | I have always been , however , and I believe with some justification , unconvinced of the virtues of taking a punt totally outside my own business . |
| 13 | So I believe in all that , Mikhail Vologsky , and I see a Russia which has none of it . |
| 14 | And you know I , I actually had phrases like bra burning thrown at me and erm I I said that feminism to me is about having the same opportunities as men and I put few of the phrases er er you know along those lines and so everybody round the table said well yes I believe in that too , I said well then you 're feminists and so it 's about valuing or devaluing words as well and you know you just made the point about changing words , but how far do we go with this ? |
| 15 | The medical booklet I mean I would I er I think I believe in that you see . |
| 16 | I believe in this happiness . ’ |
| 17 | Not that I believe in this God of yours , you understand . " |
| 18 | No none of you do now but when he first suggested it everyone was up in arms and he poor old soul I remembered he said , I 've had enough change I I believe in this I I 've I 've tried I 'm too old now and out he walked . |
| 19 | I just , I , I , honestly Barry , I 've got to the stage where I believe in this conspiracy . |
| 20 | I mean , I believe in some force , but we make our own destiny … |
| 21 | I do n't know what I believe in any more , except that there must be thousands of nomes out there we do n't know about . |
| 22 | I 'm not sure what I believe in any more . |
| 23 | It 's obvious that he 's been sent some kind of message , and I believe in these things . |