Example sentences of "not believe this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Salvadorean Government said the attack on the hotel was a bid to kidnap Mr Joao Baena Soares , secretary-general of the Organisation of American States , who was in the country on a peace mission , but the OAS chief said he did not believe this . |
| 2 | His response : ‘ You may not believe this but I 'm not allowed to tell you on council notepaper . ’ |
| 3 | But an aid worker who has daily contact with camp inmates does not believe this means that the Hong Kong government has managed to persuade the Vietnamese to quietly accept their fate . |
| 4 | Chancellor Kohl said : ‘ I do not believe this is a trend that will destroy the party system . |
| 5 | Let me advise Council now , that if they proceed down this primrose path any further then it becomes a resignation issue for me and , I suspect , many others who can not believe this farrago . |
| 6 | Frankly , I can not believe this . |
| 7 | Many technical experts in this country do not believe this to be sensible and know that similar views exist amongst their European colleagues . |
| 8 | This young woman , however , did not believe this course of action would solve anything . |
| 9 | You may not believe this , but though Richard and I have now known each other for eighteen years on and off , the first time he kissed me was in the car-park last Thursday . ’ |
| 10 | Clearly , Devlin does not believe this to be possible , whereas Hart insists that it must be . |
| 11 | The Committee point out that a ‘ general ban on twin-tracking would deprive 3 million people of the right to be a councillor ’ ( Widdicombe 1986:112 ) and they did not believe this to be justified . |
| 12 | We do not believe this is the case , however . |
| 13 | I can not believe this minor revolution has actually come about in response to the frustration of woodworkers worldwide who lose the chuck key in the sawdust on the workshop floor ! |
| 14 | And you may not believe this , but in my country all the important people look like Yahoos . ’ |
| 15 | But the child 's mother did not believe this . |
| 16 | In practice , we do not believe this to be sufficiently important to invalidate comparisons . |
| 17 | Scarlet did not believe this for a moment , which was why she held reality at arm 's length and had to see a therapist about it . |
| 18 | He could not believe this was happening to him . |
| 19 | Peter did not believe this for a moment . |
| 20 | But lawyers familiar with the case do not believe this will stop McMullen 's eventual extradition . |
| 21 | There must be a problem somewhere because I can not believe this young man wo n't make it , in the end . |
| 22 | Carrington , you 'll not believe this , but I 'll tell you . |
| 23 | Woods does not believe this invalidates the island-driving approach , however . |
| 24 | In the sentence below , the underlying attitude of the speaker is betrayed somewhat by the adverb actually ( suggesting " you may not believe this " ) , and one understands as in ( 69 ) that he would not have thought it possible for someone to be so audacious as the public relations officer was : ( 70 ) But Drew was as determined as any Soviet Commissar to fulfil his self-imposed quota , and the fuse to his temper began smouldering whenever anyone suggested the 15% target might be overly ambitious . |
| 25 | When her husband returns , she first pretends that the cat has taken them , but when he does not believe this reassures him that the birds are being kept hot and that he should fetch his knife to cut them . |
| 26 | I know those offices in Northumberland Avenue — I have been involved in submitting evidence to two separate Royal Commissions there — and I do not believe this proposed tour of inspection is going to be a very joyous occasion . |
| 27 | You may not believe this and then so it 's nice to have Adam here to say yes , that 's right . |
| 28 | Although most critics approve , a friend of Forster 's from University days , does not believe this is what the author wanted . |
| 29 | ‘ You wo n't believe this but Margot Iverson died in the night … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't believe this is a Thatcherite party . |