Example sentences of "believe at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The detective who found the money believed at first the notes must be forgeries . |
| 2 | Helen believed unshakeably in his genius and was determined to enable him to realize his potential as a writer — a poet , like Shelley , she believed at this rime — without sacrificing her own strong desire for freedom of independent action , untrammelled by the stuffy conventions of the elders she suspected of hypocrisy . |
| 3 | I gave alms to all the blind beggars , lit candles without believing at all in their efficacy . |
| 4 | And I do n't believe at all . |
| 5 | ‘ One that even I did n't believe at first . |
| 6 | It was hard to believe at first , of course . |
| 7 | So I believe at one time |
| 8 | ‘ I believe at that time my wife Christina privately thought I was mad . |
| 9 | No , I do n't think I believe at all . |
| 10 | Erm now erm a number of people erm , getting on t back on to the handout for a moment , er a number of people who 've reported being b abused as children also report that they do try and tell people , either at the time or shortly afterwards , and this business of not being believed is quite a common report from survivors , not being believed at first . |
| 11 | Few people believed at that time that a bill would be obtained to make a line down Corvedale . |
| 12 | Astonishing to relate , it was still widely believed at this time that a single session would suffice , and indeed the Council actually started under this illusion . |
| 13 | Fearing the discovery of this by Vendale , an English associate of the firm , he plans to kill him , and believes at first that he has done so . |
| 14 | The National Childbirth Trust believes at most one in thirteen births needs to be a caesarian but the present rate is one in eight . |