Example sentences of "believe [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Stamford Mercury believed them both to be places of religious refuge ! |
| 2 | ‘ And besides it was a shock to the system — I really believed you capable of all those awful ideas ! ’ |
| 3 | No one believed him guilty of financial dishonesty but the governor , John Elphinstone ( thirteenth Baron Elphinstone , q.v. ) , demanded restitution of the money . |
| 4 | She and Oliver believed him guilty of murder , she had no idea what Cobalt believed . |
| 5 | The thought that Porfiry believed him innocent suddenly began to frighten him . ’ |
| 6 | It can only be , as Hebrews 11:19 says , that such was Abraham 's faith in God 's word , he believed him able to raise the boy to life again . |
| 7 | You believed him safe in Portugal ? ’ |
| 8 | The kind of betrayal she 'd been believing him guilty of was mean , petty-minded , and he was none of those things . |
| 9 | When news of the wonderful changes brought about in Kidderminster at this time spread , it won the approval of Anabaptists and Independents who hardly believed it possible that such a work of God could take place through the ministry of a parish church . |
| 10 | More than that , he believed it possible that he , as much as Luke Eliot , would value Shildon 's research into the dead man 's background . |
| 11 | Mr Reynolds believed it possible that inter-party talks on Northern Ireland could resume again , even before May 's local government elections . |
| 12 | Nestorius believed it heretical to describe Mary as Theotokos , or God-bearer , on the basis that Mary gave birth to a man , Jesus , in whom God dwelt . |
| 13 | I made my statement because , against the criticism that on occasions we have not made statements on incidents in Great Britain , I believed it important that there should be one . |
| 14 | He could have worked things out the same way I had , and he 'd have had a hellish time believing it all of his own son . |
| 15 | The EADT has been at the forefront of the campaign , believing it vital grant aid is injected quickly into Clacton , with the third highest unemployment rate in the country , and Harwich , which offers a wealth of opportunities as the gateway to Europe . |
| 16 | And now you have Prozac , why should we believe them this time ? |
| 17 | I hope you will believe me thankful and willing , at which ever distance we may be placed , to show my sense of your kindness by any offices of friendship that may fall within my power . |
| 18 | ‘ So you do n't properly believe me either ? ’ |
| 19 | For I do believe you honest in desiring it , and so it deals fairly with the Lord Owen , I desire it , too , and will still be your instrument in pursuing it . |
| 20 | Hey , you could tape him in the night so he can believe you next time , that he snores ! |
| 21 | As someone said at the time , ‘ I could believe him guilty of grievous bodily harm , but not grievous bodily charm . ’ |
| 22 | The sense conveyed here of transition , of one age giving way to another , of an approaching end , a decadence , an Untergang — veering violently in its emotional response between nonchalance and terrible fear — is in some ways more disturbing than the resolutely futuristic or science fiction settings of the very talented Stefano Benni , who has been compared , not without reason , to Vonnegut ( Tani 1986 : 134–8 ) , or the sub-human dystopia created by the Sienese poet Attilio Lolini in his only novel to date , Morte sospesa ( Suspended death 1987 ) , in which a man stumbles through the aftermath of what Loloni describes as ‘ an ordinary apocalypse ’ , trying to confess to a horrible and long-forgotten crime of which no one will believe him guilty . |
| 23 | Barney might experience flashes of impatience and anger , say and do things he would later regret , but she could not believe him capable of the blind , destructive hatred that had driven the knife into Angy 's throat . |
| 24 | She could hardly believe him capable of such kindness . |
| 25 | And I did n't believe him one little bit . |
| 26 | Essential to Trent 's possibilities of survival was that Louis should believe him ignorant of the death sentence already passed . |
| 27 | I ca n't believe they last night , not last night the night before , Friday night I went to bed early knowing I got to get up Saturday morning , . |
| 28 | Christ , I do n't believe it Sure it 's nineteen ? |
| 29 | But I do not think they will believe it necessary to dilute our sense of national identity in order to play a full-hearted role in Europe . |
| 30 | ‘ You always did believe it possible to cure other people 's unhappiness , ’ he said . |