Example sentences of "believed [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also learned that Sir Charles believed these supernatural stories , and that he had a weak heart . |
| 2 | I understood that pantun was a form of Malayan poetry , and could not grasp how this might annihilate anything ; but , as he continued , I began to see — or I thought in that dazed state I saw that he believed all human perceptions to be governed by words and , indeed , distorted and ultimately betrayed by words . |
| 3 | I always wondered why my parents believed all this nonsense about Father Christmas — I was always very sceptical . |
| 4 | After carrying out a survey of the number of people who have died of it over the past three years , COHSE 's Scottish regional officer , Jim Devine , said the union believed many low-paid workers and pensioners were forced to make a choice between eating and heating . |
| 5 | She would stoically accept her role as a prisoner in space , coming to terms with it as Whitaker believed any balanced individual would do . |