Example sentences of "i could [adv] believe " in BNC.

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1 I could well believe it .
2 So much so that I could easily believe I was dealing with a guitar that cost a lot more than this .
3 I could barely believe what I was seeing .
4 On a recent visit to the Imperial War Museum to see the new display relating to the Home Front , I could scarcely believe that the tiny quantities of food represented by the plastic replicas were really the weekly allowances by which we kept together body , soul and fighting spirit .
5 I could scarcely believe it .
6 It was all terrifically exciting and when I got the parts I could hardly believe it .
7 Kezia refused a sandwich but she smiled at Annabel , and — I could hardly believe it — Annabel curtsied .
8 I could hardly believe what Taff had just said .
9 I could hardly believe what I was saying .
10 I could hardly believe it , and said the first thing that came into my head .
11 And with a most clumsy technique , the audacity and crudeness of which I could hardly believe .
12 I could hardly believe my luck .
13 The same is true of the altogether exceptional recording , which held my concentration so effortlessly that I could hardly believe that nearly a whole hour had passed when I emerged elated at the other end .
14 I thought , to hell with this , I mean , I could hardly believe it !
15 I could hardly believe it .
16 There was a click and she 'd gone , and I could hardly believe that I 'd ever doubted her as a relay post .
17 I could hardly believe it .
18 He soon had it back with Granny 's belongings intact , and I could hardly believe my ears and eyes when I heard her thank him and allow him to lift her back onto the driver 's seat , in gratitude for which she kissed him on the cheek .
19 I could hardly believe my eyes .
20 I could hardly believe my eyes .
21 I could hardly believe my ears .
22 I could hardly believe it .
23 I could hardly believe reading in one of the London papers , that cows are under threat and are being monitored for their noise level .
24 I could hardly believe it .
25 As we marched out of the station into the streets of Scarborough I could hardly believe I was back in Yorkshire .
26 The word ‘ Hecketypecky ’ passed between them , and when I eventually found it — the Rio Jequetepeque — I could hardly believe the spelling .
27 I could hardly believe what I heard .
28 With the election less than a fortnight away , I could hardly believe my luck .
29 I could hardly believe it .
30 Sleeper depressions are very clear along this part of the line , and , apart from that , there are some cut hardwood tree stumps of a size which I could hardly believe , bearing in mind that the line has been closed only thirty-five years .
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