Example sentences of "[noun prp] believe [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial . |
| 2 | Cadfael believed it , but could imagine Herluin 's face if ever the claim had been made to him . |
| 3 | Mr Constantin believed it was no accident and escaped to France . |
| 4 | It was like selling the family silver , but Branson believed it was necessary to maintain ownership of the family home . |
| 5 | If Mr Gorbachev believed he could acquire a breathing space through repression , during which the economy could be transformed by unpopular but necessary reforms , he might be willing to pay the price , but this would reverse his strategy of the past three years . |
| 6 | Hofmeyr believed he knew why she acted like this . |
| 7 | Edward believed it when he heard the tale . |
| 8 | Nigel was not quite sure Eleanor believed him , but he knew he had presented a plausible explanation . |
| 9 | So considered as an action , Pooh 's observation will succeed if this belief of his is true : that is , if tasting what 's in the pot will in fact make Pooh believe it 's honey if it is honey , and believe it 's not if it 's not . |
| 10 | For Rabbit does n't just want to say what 's true : he wants to make Pooh believe it . |
| 11 | Outside , Gazzer looked even worse than he had in the tunnels : his face was haggard , haunted by his memories of last night , his fears for Bella , and his desperate need to make Marie believe him . |
| 12 | Only now , after fully a year in charge , does Stainrod believe he has a settled side . |
| 13 | It may seem a little naive but Ray and Jean believe it works and it really helps to preserve the ‘ home-from-home ’ atmosphere . |
| 14 | But skipper Mark Wright believes they should look on the bright side of the draws at Ipswich and Leeds — despite throwing away a win in each game . |
| 15 | But with Barnet owing £1.3 million and the players and staff unpaid for three weeks , Stein believes it is unlikely the crisis can be averted . |
| 16 | But with Barnet owing £1.3million and the players and staff unpaid for three weeks , Stein believes it is unlikely the crisis can be averted and went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 17 | Claiming it is ‘ going into implementation mode , ’ OSF believes it can double its licence revenues over the course of this year with Distributed Computing Environment technologies now coming to market and a string of new business partnerships it will establish — see page five . |
| 18 | Pole-setters and winners in Japan , they were well off the pace in Australia and Roberts believes he knows why . |
| 19 | Hawkins believes it will reinforce the growing view that Shelley , not Harriet , was the heartbreaker . |
| 20 | SCOTTISH Ambulance Service fleet manager Ed Hodson believes he is on the way to knocking £1 million a year off fuel bills by gradually switching totally to diesel . |
| 21 | Pam Tatlow believes she too has nursed the constituency , but she 'll have to pull off the shock of the night to win . |
| 22 | The DoE believed it had the decision to join the 30 per cent Club ‘ in the bag ’ and briefed journalists to that effect . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And Sarah believed he could bend the rules of the Foundling Hospital so that she could have the child with her always . |
| 25 | But Nutty believed him , and the consequences of the turn of events gradually came home to her , and her face , instead of lighting up with joy , dropped with dismay . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | A young man without the priggishness that the Deputy Under Secretary believed he could identify in all Public School pupils , without the conceit of a Cambridge College . |
| 28 | The trouble was that Melanie believed I was in bed with one of them every time I was half an hour late . ’ |
| 29 | Er certainly Forest believed it was and Ward believed it was a free kick you could tell by the expression on his face . |
| 30 | ‘ Kelly believed she , too , would go on to other things that God planned for her . ’ |