Example sentences of "[modal v] not believe that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Clara , already familiar with children of famous parents , and with children who believed their parents to be famous , could not believe that Clelia 's assumption was ill-founded , yet she could not even locate the field of Mrs Denham 's distinction . |
2 | Nevertheless I could not believe that Parliament intended such a construction because it will produce what I regard as such unfair and absurd results . |
3 | Horribly frightened by this time , for she could not believe that Susan would have gone out of the house , she ran into the kitchen , and stopped short at the sight of the familiar figure sitting crouched in front of the fire . |
4 | Huy could not believe that Merymose could not see that . |
5 | She could not believe that Pat was ready to go off now , at this thrilling moment when fabulous happenings seemed imminent . |
6 | The Shah himself could not believe that Hassan would throw him out . |
7 | The police had been convinced it was a genuine accident that took his life ( and that of his mistress ) but after what she 'd been through , after what she had discovered , Donna could not believe that men willing to kill for the possession of a book had not taken the life of the man she 'd loved . |
8 | She could n't believe that Carolyn had done that . |
9 | But I could n't believe that Cawthorne would be so lax . |
10 | ‘ When we first met , I could n't believe that Margot was 39 . |
11 | But I just could n't believe that people would be willing to do do that kind of thing , you know . |
12 | But one need not believe that God revealed God 's self at a particular point in history , so that one need necessarily make reference to that point in history in one 's religion . |
13 | One ca n't believe that players such as Colin Stephens , Aled Williams or Adrian Davies would not do a better job in the No10 jersey and it seems a far cry from the days when the Welsh stand off factory was in full production . |
14 | ‘ I ca n't believe that Paul was a black magician . |
15 | No , I am appalled at people , I ca n't believe that people behave the w er take the attitude the way er |
16 | I ca n't believe that people would take this attitude . |
17 | It 's it 's quite unbelievable , I mean you sit here and people go away and say , I ca n't believe that Jenny 's just got all that from a page of writing . |
18 | I ca n't believe that Chrissie would let you come down here without setting you up better than this . ’ |
19 | I ca n't believe that Mike just let us drive it away . ’ |
20 | Although one can not believe that times were good for immigrant artists in the 1950s , a quantity of painting seems to belong to the period , though done a decade or more later . |
21 | Surely the terrorists can not believe that killing and maiming ordinary people is an achievement . |
22 | Both books talk of this power as being abnormal , but I can not believe that people have the power to just FLEX and move an object . |