Example sentences of "could n't believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't believe that anyone could live their life and not be surrounded by brilliant objects and colours . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He could n't believe that this normally timid creature could be capable of such aggression . |
| 6 | ‘ I could n't believe that a policeman could have said such a thing . |
| 7 | As her weight loss was so gradual she could n't believe that this was the cause so she attributed the benefit to the diet itself . |
| 8 | He could n't believe that it would have wandered far when it had n't even been outside the stable for such a long time . |
| 9 | She could n't believe that anyone as nice as Angelica could have been mixed up in an insurance swindle . |
| 10 | ‘ When we first met , I could n't believe that Margot was 39 . |
| 11 | When I heard it I just could n't believe that someone had written it . |
| 12 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 13 | I did n't know what to say : I could n't believe that I 'd heard him correctly . |
| 14 | She could n't believe that the parents were totally unaware of their daughter 's remarkable talents . |
| 15 | My wife could n't believe that I was actually going out to see what was going on . |
| 16 | New friends in London , on the other hand , could n't believe that we had actually volunteered for hardship duty in Britain . |
| 17 | Bernice could see him tapping his umbrella on the floor , pretending to study the walls , and glancing back impatiently as if he could n't believe that his companions were still unable to follow him . |
| 18 | We could n't believe that we were actually on our way . |
| 19 | I could n't believe that it would n't resolve itself . |
| 20 | After Terry had gone upstairs we heard the dreadful shriek of tape being torn and so , when Mahmoud came down and asked which was Terry 's pee-bottle , we really could n't believe that this was anything more than another move . |
| 21 | But I just could n't believe that people would be willing to do do that kind of thing , you know . |
| 22 | I wanted to tell her that I was just such a silly creature and could n't believe that I would ever be warm again . |
| 23 | I think they just could n't believe that anyone would do that to them . |
| 24 | She could n't believe that she was n't in the baker 's next door . |
| 25 | When Richard came a couple of steps nearer — it would never have occurred to him to go back until the matter was satisfactorily settled — Harry , looking faintly surprised , as though he could n't believe that anything could be quite so simple , raised the adjustable spanner and hit him on the left side of the head , just below the ear . |
| 26 | She could n't believe that the catastrophe of Timothy Gedge was not somehow due to other people , and the circumstances created by other people . |
| 27 | She could n't believe that she had actually thought him human occasionally . |
| 28 | Folly could n't believe that she was letting this happen . |
| 29 | Some of the children had done every nursery in N16 and could n't believe that they would n't be shifted again . |
| 30 | She wanted the record to last forever , because somehow she could n't believe that this incredible moment would ever be repeated again — surely she would never feel such anticipation , such sharp , glorious pleasure . |