Example sentences of "believe [pron] was [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The servants believed there was some blight on Iskandara and her mother — they had gossiped across Alexandra in her nursery when she was supposedly too small to understand — some blight so that only daughters were born to these remarkable women who craved sons , and lone daughters at that , born late , at a time when most women were coming to an end of their childbearing . |
| 2 | Helena said : ‘ I know I have no overdraft facility but I genuinely believed there was enough money to pay my mortgage and feel I have been punished out of all proportion . |
| 3 | By nightfall he believed he was 30 miles from Lubeck , so next morning he headed for the port along with workpeople . |
| 4 | Her lawyers believed it was highest settlement made in an English divorce court . |
| 5 | Mr Onanuga , 31 , has told friends he naively went along with the story because Mr Newton believed it was good publicity for Thresher and his own branch , and he did not see how it could harm anyone . |
| 6 | That the club marked its centenary in 1990 is unconnected with arthritic administration , rather that for many years Shildon believed it was two years later . |
| 7 | If she stood firm , there was nothing he could do , she told herself — though whether she believed it was another matter . |
| 8 | I read the hands of the clock wrongly , thought it was 5.10 , and awoke with a jump , believing it was five minutes before the start of the marathon . |
| 9 | The architecture student who believed anything was possible set up home with the designer — and put his dynamic business brain to use in helping Armani to launch his own label in 1975 . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair . |
| 11 | The Bank said yesterday it did not believe there was any case for giving extra compensation to UK depositors beyond the statutory deposit protection scheme . |
| 12 | Now one of the jobs of the police force , and especially the CID , is to try to establish a pattern in crime , if this is possible , and in this instance both Sergeant Lewis and myself found it difficult not to believe there was some link between the two events . |
| 13 | The spokeswoman said : ‘ We believe there was overwhelming proof that Bic was not at fault . |
| 14 | So as a vet you believe there was severe stress ? |
| 15 | No being what I thought I was a man in those days I was n't really interested in them , but I know there was competitions and er I believe there was different numbers posted on windows and if you got the right number you got a prize but I remember Palfry Park I 'm having trouble with my eyes I 've got over-active tear ducts and |
| 16 | It was hard to believe he was forty-two years old . |
| 17 | erm , but I mean I , I was given to believe he was full time he never said oh it 's so many days |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know why you should have led me to believe he was some kind of old buffer . ’ |
| 19 | Well I believe , I 'm not certain on that , it was in Street I think it was and er she also worked for Joseph in Street too , when she when she went , went out to work she was working for Joseph stitching for him too , but he became later Mayor of Walsall and I believe he was Liberal MP for it Pat the Liberal MP was n't it ? |
| 20 | Well , you keep playing do n't you , it 's a ninety minute game , and then , as we 've said erm I believe it was two goals in the last four minutes , was it ? |
| 21 | " I believe it was one Arthur Pascoe , ma'am . |
| 22 | They believe it was deliberateley set upon by lurcher dogs . |
| 23 | Rogers was well known to the police and she believes it was this fact which led to a court appearance for a minor offence . |