Example sentences of "[not/n't] believe [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It concerned a man who did not believe in real divorces . |
| 2 | This view affects more than just clever scholars ; I believe that for the same reason many Christians who hold to some belief in the Devil do not believe in evil spirits either . |
| 3 | The bean casserole really was n't bad and was followed by a savoury because Aunt Lou did not believe in sweet puddings . |
| 4 | Nick Upton was filming frogs and vampire bats in Costa Rica for Trials of Life in 1989 when , on the side of his head , he found an itching lump which did n't heal , and on his return met a problem familiar to parasitised travellers : doctors do n't believe in such things … |
| 5 | I do n't believe in such powers . ’ |
| 6 | At Dartington we do n't believe in such short-cuts . |
| 7 | Although estimates were attractive , they were not unrealistically underpriced : ‘ I do n't believe in low estimates for superb things ’ , says Sotheby 's French furniture expert Thierry Millerand . |
| 8 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 9 | That 's what I said to you , your dad when he did n't want to take Aspirins for his restrained back , and him , do n't believe in these drugs and I said look , if a monk gave you this he 'd , he 'd give you the bark of a birch tree , pound it up in a pestle and water and you 'd think it was magic and you 'd take it and you , relax your muscles , is that what it is ? , |
| 10 | did n't believe in educational psychologists , inverted commas . |
| 11 | Terry did n't believe in social workers , left-wing politicians , radical lawyers , liberals or gradual improvement . |
| 12 | ‘ For your information , I do n't believe in double standards for men — any more than I believe in them for women . |
| 13 | I said , I 'm sorry I 'm a quaker , I I will not , we do n't believe in double standards . |