Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] believe [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months . |
| 2 | I could n't believe it at first : I 'd been so careful . |
| 3 | I knew everything , they could n't believe it at the hospital . |
| 4 | I could n't believe it at first . |
| 5 | I could n't believe it about Jean 's nephew though John . |
| 6 | Generative linguists consider punctuation to be simply prosody and of relevance for the language — or they may simply believe it to be uninteresting . |
| 7 | He did n't want to sound too eager and knowledgeable , but Bruno would n't believe him as a country bumpkin . |
| 8 | No she would n't believe it until she |
| 9 | Ar , ca n't believe it about you . |
| 10 | You ca n't believe it of Bustos , loose-skinned and entirely frivolous , with his entreating eyes . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't believe it of that old girl , you know , I just ca n't . |
| 12 | ‘ They ca n't believe it in Hull when I told them you wo n't do Wogan , ’ she phoned in . |
| 13 | I ca n't believe it in actual , yeah but there was a fight or something so they might not have it again |
| 14 | I thought I would never believe it at one time , but I now accept , along with every other carp angler , that carp can differentiate — given time — between a bait that is no more than a tasty morsel of carbohydrate and one that consists mainly of ingredients with a high nutritive value |
| 15 | Who will ever believe us on anything ? ’ |
| 16 | And turning on Chancellor Norman Lamont , he said : ‘ After this performance , who can ever believe you in anything you subsequently say ! ’ |