Example sentences of "[verb] believe [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hardly daring to believe her good fortune , Luce had heaped blessings on the man she scarcely remembered , and jumped at the chance . |
| 2 | Paradoxically , the average reader seems to believe his local paper more than a national one . |
| 3 | One would not have believed his grubby Lada capable of such manoeuvres as he coaxed from its grinding engine but , after a moment of horror , I sat back and enjoyed the ride . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , well , well — I do believe our dear Sister Hennessy is speechless ! ’ |
| 5 | I was indignant when one of her friends told me my mother had believed my Methodist conviction was because I had a crush on the minister . |