Example sentences of "[verb] believe [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my book the only time a manager should consider resigning is when he starts believing his own programme notes . |
| 2 | She fixed her burning eyes on the road ahead of her and tried to believe her own words . |
| 3 | They , for their part , attempt to justify their actions to each other , hypocrisy apparently continuing by habit , having become a way of life ( since there is no one on-stage whom they need to deceive , perhaps they have come to believe their own lies ) : The truth is transparent , however ; indeed , when Gloucester reports that the king is leaving , Goneril says , ‘ My Lord , entreat him by no means to stay ’ ( 301 ) . |
| 4 | He told them , ‘ When you 're exploded into the orbit of fame , if you 're not careful you tend to believe your own publicity and then you really invite disaster . ’ |
| 5 | Hardly daring to believe her good fortune , Luce had heaped blessings on the man she scarcely remembered , and jumped at the chance . |
| 6 | Paradoxically , the average reader seems to believe his local paper more than a national one . |
| 7 | The intelligentsia may not have been insincere , they may have believed their own rhetoric . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , well , well — I do believe our dear Sister Hennessy is speechless ! ’ |
| 10 | More self-indulgent self-important twaddle , the product of a rock star who really did believe his own press , his own myth . |
| 11 | A further official assurance was given on the total number of troops , but the public preferred to believe its own eyes . |
| 12 | These boys are too sussed to believe their own hype but are n't beyond the odd stupid prank . |
| 13 | These boys are too sussed to believe their own hype but are n't beyond the odd stupid prank . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've obviously chosen to believe your own publicity — you like the idea of being a ‘ Midnight Raider ’ . |