Example sentences of "[pron] believe [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A year ago , I believed GDA would spend 1992/93 helping Glasgow take advantage of the end of the recession .
2 For years I believed Pathos was one of the Three Musketeers , Fellatio was a character in Hamlet , Vitreous a town in China , and that the Irish peasants had to tread the peat to make Guinness .
3 I could only say , stupidly , ‘ I believed Shelley and Mary were married . ’
4 I believed Courtney was a hero who liked and respected women
5 I did at one stage : I could see no point in living and I believed death would be an easier option .
6 ‘ I had arranged with Sister Stevens that on the next occasion that Len presented with either a hangover or a stomach upset I would refer him to the occupational health centre where they would suggest counselling , as I believed Len was becoming a danger to himself and everyone else . ’
7 ‘ When I first watched Michael Chang play tennis , ’ Jose recalls , ‘ I told several people that I believed Chang could do well at the French Open .
8 I believe Alan Clark was implementing Government policy . ’
9 I believe Manchester United needs a period of stability .
10 He added : ‘ I believe Manchester is an injured party — I do not believe it is the fault of the city .
11 Now you come to mention it , I believe Bertha Lovelock said something about it . ’
12 I believe Seton was responsible but your own Benstede can answer for that , he and Seton seemed close friends .
13 erm I go along with what erm Simon said about Paul , I 'm I thought at one time that they would go for Cox and him , to be perfectly honest , he 's absolutely right on what he said , and I 'm sure they 're relying on the fact that I believe Paul is going to be a home track and they 're going to pick a lot points up at home .
14 I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence .
15 LAGER , too , is trying to change the rules which govern employment , and I believe help would be available if I had to take action against an employer .
16 Er suggested that the officers have a joint meeting and get together and actually ask them what transport to be given the figures er for night flights so that they could and so on , and I know by the recent customer complaints and I believe members attended the meeting of those four Councils so that I think that discuss that .
17 I believe Seb 's story , and I think you do too — but it would n't convince a judge .
18 By this time , I believe Lineker had lost his respect for Taylor .
19 I propose , as I believe Judge Diamond intended , to consider the preliminary issue on the premise that the effect of the relevant allegations in the statement of claim is as follows : ( 1 ) The health authority 's treatment of the delivery of the plaintiff and the confinement of his mother lacked proper skill and care in respects which were foreseeably likely to result in the plaintiff being born with disabilities .
20 I believe Father James Morrow will come to be numbered among them , long after some , the currently-celebrated illuminati , have been relegated to obscurity .
21 However , I believe Hooper will get the nod .
22 However , I believe Hooper will get the nod .
23 I believe Blackwomen 's Creativity to be revolutionary in its potential .
24 That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one .
25 There is no way of monitoring arms once they are sold , although I believe Contraves when it says that it would have to fit the latest equipment to any ship , and would not fit Argentinian ships .
26 I believe Martinho thought he could secure his brother a position not unlike his own ; save his life at least .
27 I believe Barling was quite a devout man .
28 I believe tobacco-smoke is the most effectual , but to one not a smoker it would require to be a case of hiring another to the office of smoking away the midges — a work many would gladly undertake , for tobacco is looked on in the Highlands as a very great good , almost as essential as the whiskey .
29 On the other hand , I believe Lewis to be a worthy world champion and until Mike Tyson gets out of jail that 's the way it will stay … and who 's to say he wo n't beat him .
30 It ca n't have been like that really , though I believe records show that the summers in the late Twenties and early Thirties were warm and dry .
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