Example sentences of "[not/n't] believe [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not believe such an entirely childish phrase had popped out of her mouth . |
| 2 | Newsagent John Ellis also said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |
| 3 | Newsagent , John Ellis , said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |
| 4 | People have told me the lemon was to mask the taste of the uneven products made at that time by unscientific country brewers ; I do not believe that . |
| 5 | Even now , a year before the deciding vote , he does not believe that sport here understands what getting the Games would mean . |
| 6 | I can not believe that . |
| 7 | Most people can not believe that private companies , with a primary duty to their shareholders , will put public health before their profits . ’ |
| 8 | For the Royal Family to remain secure they have to remain aloof — I do not believe that is right , but that is what they should have done . |
| 9 | Peter Archer QC , the former Attorney-General , argued that : ‘ I do not believe that Parliament ever decided , on the merits , to retain capital punishment for treason and piracy . ’ |
| 10 | I do not believe that is true . |
| 11 | if p were not true , a would not believe that p . |
| 12 | ‘ Headquarters in Dublin has OK 'd it , ’ Hardy had assured him , but Denis did not believe that , either . |
| 13 | As a matter of fact , I do not believe that existential propositions , in particular those intended to transmit ontological claims , can be satisfactorily replaced by the relevant quantified paraphrases , in the manner suggested . |
| 14 | Caspar had said that no one ever escaped from the Robemaker — but I shall not believe that , thought Fenella . |
| 15 | I can not believe that Access genuinely charge interest on repaid money , which means that his bill was a cock-up and the brass-faced hussy at Southend was a liar . |
| 16 | Opposition Members do not believe that is very generous because we know that the cost of putting together a serious buy-out offer is likely to be nearer to £250,000 . |
| 17 | ‘ I can not believe that … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I can not believe that . ’ |
| 19 | It does not believe that blanket measures to reduce overall consumption , for example higher taxes or restrictions on availability , would lead to a reduction in alcohol misuse . |
| 20 | I do not believe that to be so . |
| 21 | I do not believe that altruism , good neighbourliness or even the visions of Jean Monnet have been the motivation behind the EC but simply hard-headed self interest . |
| 22 | The Opposition and the electorate at large do not believe that . |
| 23 | I do not believe that licensing shops , for example , would help in practice . |
| 24 | He stated himself that he did not believe that neurotic symptoms all had a sexual cause and berated a student writing a paper on chess saying , ‘ you can not reduce everything to the Oedipus Complex ’ . |
| 25 | Some philosophers argued that the Prime Mover did not exist , or was a weak and feeble deity who was impotent to intervene in the machinations of the universe : Spike could not believe that . |
| 26 | But I do not believe that one goes as far as going to the figure that the County Council is proposing . |
| 27 | ‘ I do not believe that , ’ he said simply . |
| 28 | Do you not believe that with this recommendation where |
| 29 | No , I can not believe that . |
| 30 | I am a great fan of Monica Seles but I can not believe all the letters about these two players . |