Example sentences of "[vb past] not believe [conj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Because when this guy put his head down , I just did not believe that that was
2 Carrington did not believe that such a thing could happen , or would .
3 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 .
4 As a result of interviews with local people , he said , the mission did not believe that any detainees were moved from prison camps ‘ to another place prior to the mission 's arrival ’ .
5 He insisted that he did not believe that any of them was right for him , in spite of the huge money that would be on offer .
6 We did not believe that any of these should be the subject of charity or whim on the part of people more privileged than ourselves in this society .
7 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 .
8 He did not believe that any such combinations would work , but he did not close his mind on continuing consultation .
9 If I did not believe that those changes would benefit patients , I would not have approved the application .
10 Clarke virtually admitted that he did not believe that these important issues should be discussed in public when he defended the government 's decision not to publish the advice on science funding which it had received from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils .
11 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 .
12 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 .
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