Example sentences of "[not/n't] believe i [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I did not believe I could lift Darlington I would not have taken the job . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not averse to marriage but I do n't believe I 'll ever do it ’ the singer , 52 , told Woman 's Own magazine . |
| 3 | I ca n't believe I 'll never see him again … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't believe I 'll ever get married , ’ he says . |
| 5 | ‘ You do n't believe I would have sold you short for no reason at all , do you ? ’ |
| 6 | I do n't believe I would ever have found my insects again if I had n't had a printed picture of the complete set of their evolutionary precursors , and even then it was difficult and tedious . |
| 7 | I just kept working harder and harder as I did n't want to let anyone down and I did n't believe I would pick up a drink again . |
| 8 | I ca n't believe I used to go out with him . |
| 9 | Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far . |
| 10 | In Kuwait it is just that we by the way in Kuwait we have two courts , we have the civil courts and we have the Islamic court , and erm Islamic cases go to the Islamic court and otherwise they go to the civil court , except just we we accept erm how to live our live in a modern way and keeping up with the times , and it is a tradition that we have adopted in Kuwait , and the fact that it is for women can drive in Kuwait versus those that do n't in Saudi Arabia , I do n't believe I 'd like to put that in the Islamic context , it 's just a way of life which we have adopted . |
| 11 | ‘ People did n't believe I could go beyond seven or eight rounds without blowing out , ’ said Mason . |
| 12 | ‘ People did n't believe I could go beyond seven or eight rounds without blowing out , ’ said Mason . |
| 13 | ‘ At the time I was convinced it was an allergic reaction to something because I could n't believe I could be suffering from acne at my age ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I think I could take a barrister 's brief for arguing that up to , say , 1985 the squeeze was a necessary remedy for the rather free expansion which had taken place in the 1960s , and early 1970s , ’ says Sir Eric , ‘ but I do n't believe I could even theoretically argue that it has been justifiable since then . |
| 15 | I do n't believe I could . |
| 16 | ‘ What , you do n't believe I can play or you do n't believe I play badly ? ’ |