Example sentences of "[pron] could [not/n't] believe " in BNC.

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1 He was in a bit of a state , I could n't believe it .
2 I could n't believe my ears but she repeated it : I realized I had not properly understood my own needs .
3 I could n't believe it .
4 Farmer Tom Savage , from Worcester , told Dogs Today : ‘ I could n't believe it when I saw them .
5 My youngest girl has just been operated on and I could n't believe she only had two stitches .
6 ‘ When I was allowed to go West again after 20 years , two years ago , I could n't believe how it had been transformed .
7 I could n't believe it .
8 I could n't believe my luck .
9 I could n't believe that anyone could live their life and not be surrounded by brilliant objects and colours .
10 I went into Harrods recently and I could n't believe how revolting most of the clothes were — and they were n't cheap , either .
11 When our album Cuts Both Ways was released in 1989 , I could n't believe how successful it was .
12 I could n't believe it when the ball went in . ’
13 I could n't believe that anyone could love me and a lady equally , although I 've had a lot of experiences since and I 've known a lot of men and a lot of women since who have loved both sexes .
14 sparkling and looked like it had n't been touched , and I could n't believe it .
15 I could n't believe it .
16 I could n't believe it — what a weird thing to do .
17 I could n't believe that record .
18 I could n't believe it .
19 I could n't believe it , especially when Graham Gooch had played so well over the last year . ’
20 I could n't believe what they said . ’
21 I could n't believe the mild , interested responses — before long I was actually having what amounted to a conversation .
22 I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me .
23 I could n't believe my luck .
24 He 'd won the year before , so I could n't believe my luck .
25 Afterwards I could n't believe I had managed to say this ; I could n't believe that I 'd had the intelligence , the wit , the inspiration to come up with this perfect reply .
26 Afterwards I could n't believe I had managed to say this ; I could n't believe that I 'd had the intelligence , the wit , the inspiration to come up with this perfect reply .
27 I could n't believe it when he was so upset about it , ’ she says .
28 I could n't believe it .
29 I could n't believe it . ’
30 And I could n't believe my ears — ‘ Case dismissed . ’
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