Example sentences of "could not believe that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dewey saw that there was a potential conflict between the ideal of education as an instrument and that of education as self-development , but he could not believe that such equally desirable ideals could ultimately be in contradiction one to the other . |
| 2 | I could not believe that such an outburst of violence could happen in Fontanellato , where everybody , including those who belonged to the party , seemed to be more or less on good terms with one another , but when I arrived home I begged my father to be careful and to avoid discussions with anybody except the doctor . |
| 3 | They could not believe that large numbers of mammals would eventually be found in some of the earliest rocks . |
| 4 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
| 5 | I could not believe that this was the intention of Parliament . |