Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] not believe in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dickie does not believe in clover , or mowers , and he would not recognize ‘ Chewing 's Fescue ’ if you served it to him on a bed of rice . |
| 2 | Tolkien did not believe in ‘ old religions ’ or ‘ witch-cults ’ ; C. S. Lewis wrote a paper called ‘ The Anthropological Approach ’ which damned the learned variety of that error beyond redemption . |
| 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 | Wigg did not believe in the doctrine that you did not kick a man when he was down . |
| 5 | But Bailey did not believe in rules , and he wanted Shrimpton , so he got her . |
| 6 | Lady Thatcher did not believe in keeping the value of sterling to a level which would help British industry . |
| 7 | Sheldukher did not believe in wasting time . |
| 8 | Hindley did not believe in God , and showed no interest in his son Hareton . |
| 9 | Although Jonadab did not believe in the old country superstition that an elder bush planted by a house kept away witches , he was a firm believer that it deflected lightning during a storm . |