Example sentences of "[pron] believe that his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He was not only able to make most of his subjects feel proud of being Italians but also succeeded to a great extent in making them believe that his great dream of giving Italy an important place in the world , as important as that of Britain and France , could become a reality .
2 Some of those who believed that his first bankruptcy had been engineered by the Shipping Federation had come to his rescue at the eleventh hour .
3 Suddenly the Norths ' car was purposely rammed by a man who believed that his footloose wife was hiding in it .
4 During their courtship they believed that his true future was to be a poet .
5 Certainly he believed that his inner feeling of being most alive , most engaged with real issues , in his contemplative experience , was a gift from God and that his whole integrity depended on his furthering a life-style which he believed enabled him to receive the gift , however strong the opposition he encountered : Above all else I have always longed to sit and concentrate on Christ , and him alone …
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