Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] believe that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In several respects , though , the fate of Black Fury had confirmed basic Warner Bros notions and they continued to pick up ideas for movies from the daily papers , they went on believing that social melodrama could be profitable , and they had been given further evidence that Muni could win acclaim by projecting himself as a hard-done-by but eventually triumphant saint . |
| 2 | I told the National Farmers Union that I did not believe that unilateral action would help , because if it is taken , the British housewife tends to buy the cheaper product from the rest of Europe and , therefore , we export animal welfare problems to the rest of Europe . |
| 3 | Aitken did not tell Fraser of any suggestion of confidentiality since , as he later affirmed , he did not believe that any undertaking had been given or asked for . |
| 4 | While he could understand the ‘ natural anger and grief ’ of the child 's parents , he did not believe that medical negligence was a factor in Stephen 's death . |
| 5 | And in the recent article he had read on the subject , even the sergeant in charge of the course had not believed that any woman would take his one piece of infallible advice . |
| 6 | He had mistakenly believed that total retirement from first-class cricket was necessary before he could avail himself of the pension fund for West Indies Test cricketers . |