Example sentences of "would [pers pn] believe " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would I believe me ? |
| 2 | He might ; but would she believe him if he did ? |
| 3 | ‘ If I were to treat you like Dresden china , placing you on a pedestal and worshipping at your feet , would she believe you were in love with me ? ’ |
| 4 | Anyway , the weddin' day come along , but would yer believe it , that Arthur Goodwin , the bridegroom , did n't turn up . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know what you said to 'im last evenin' , but 'e 'ad a bloke call later and done a bit of a business deal with 'im that earned a fiver , would yer believe . |
| 6 | Anyway , they walked orf all sheepish when she started ravin' at 'em , an' then she goes marchin' in the yard would yer believe ter see ole Galloway. 'E was n't there by all accounts but 'is son Frank was . |
| 7 | The Small Faces could only really produce themselves , a fact made clear by Billy Nicholls ' dire ‘ Would You Believe ’ , and PP Arnold 's ‘ If You Think You 're Groovy ’ , a great song ruined by cack-handed production . |
| 8 | Donald came down two hours ago , and would you believe it , Bisset will not come to marry them . ’ |
| 9 | Aye , but it 's not very popular within the police , would you believe it ? |
| 10 | ‘ Would you believe , The Way of All Flesh ? |
| 11 | I tried to interest both David and Hermione in coming up to Scotland where I lived and to play , would you believe , in ‘ Puss in Boots ’ . |
| 12 | ( ‘ Would you believe me if I called myself a Puritan ? |
| 13 | In the end , would you believe it , my own daughter accused me of trying to get off with him ; a woman of my experience ! |
| 14 | ‘ Well , would you believe I came up there to save you ? |
| 15 | ‘ Well , would you believe it ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Would you believe it ! ’ |
| 17 | Would you believe it , the Africans there had formed a brass band and played all Irish tunes ! |
| 18 | Once we were fed and watered it was back onto the dance floor to practise what we had learnt and add , would you believe , a small jump to our repertoire . |
| 19 | Would you believe our biggest grouse in the sixties was about the noise of construction work ? |
| 20 | And then me grandfather suddenly appeared , many years later , when they 'd got children that were grown up then , all of them , he appeared to these girls , would you believe it ? |
| 21 | ‘ Would you believe it ? ’ he exclaimed ; and for the next ten minutes the surrounding hills were alive with the sound of music , and the happy splash of rising trout . |
| 22 | On Friday morning the conditions are the same and he hits his tee-shot on the 17th , would you believe , into exactly the same place , and says , ‘ What club ? ’ |
| 23 | The next day , would you believe , he shot a 68 . |
| 24 | Just as we set off , would you believe it , the heavens opened . |
| 25 | Would you believe he took the claret jug Open trophy to a New York jewellers and had an exact copy made up just for me ? |
| 26 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT ! he 's liable to lose half his teeth by the time he 's 40 because of Mouth Acid |
| 27 | ‘ Would you believe that ? ’ said Michael . |
| 28 | ‘ Would you believe it ? ’ grunted the man . |
| 29 | Would you believe it : his pay has been cut ! |
| 30 | WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT ? |