Example sentences of "to believe [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not get her to believe I had booked a Maternity Hospital for the birth of my child . |
| 2 | On one occasion she packed up her car as if about to go away for the weekend , then sauntered up the street , leading the press to believe she had gone to buy a packet of Polos . |
| 3 | It was very hard indeed to believe she had walked in there with a wolf creature and that he had drawn her down onto the forest floor and made love to her … |
| 4 | Phil 's discovery of Laura 's need to believe she had decided whether or not a new idea would be successful was an essential prerequisite for anyone who wanted a good working relationship with her . |
| 5 | Claudia opened her eyes wide , unable to believe she had heard him say ‘ our wedding ’ . |
| 6 | She was trembling all over , embarrassed and ashamed , unable to believe she had behaved like that . |
| 7 | She forced herself to believe she had done the only possible thing . |
| 8 | Feeling thoroughly bewildered , hardly able to believe she had caused so much trouble without even knowing why , she picked up Gwen Bear and hugged her warm , furry body to her for comfort . |
| 9 | It came to her now just how little she knew about him — much less than he knew about her life , which was to a great extent an open book , despite his determination to believe she had a dark side . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's hard to believe she had this other life and yet if I met her now it would be difficult to dislike her . |
| 11 | We were taken in by the lies which the Lebanese told about themselves ; we had to believe we had not seen the blood on the stairs . |
| 12 | It was hard to believe we had been indulging the same appetite for climbing and on the same crag I had visited during a July heatwave three years before . |
| 13 | Councillors , most of whom had strong local roots and had been in power for many years , came to believe they had a permanent mandate and readily resisted any challenge to their authority . |
| 14 | Paige was glad , then , that she 'd never allowed herself to believe they had a future . |
| 15 | With his junior staff loyally taking the blame and trying to pretend he knew nothing about it ( despite his signature on the 17 January presidential order ) , Reagan began to believe he had known nothing about it and it is possible that he did not know what he was signing . |
| 16 | By December 1761 the observations and modifications of several years ' practical experience led Sutton to believe he had perfected his method . |
| 17 | ‘ Dick Tavett ca n't have killed MacQuillan , ’ said Holly , ready to believe he had . |
| 18 | He was inclined to believe he had been looking for an excuse to ring her , which was foolish because he did not need an excuse . |
| 19 | But now , looking at the lined , self-knowing expression of this consummate dissembler , Harry found it easier to believe he had merely staged a performance , an expert and convincing charade that had achieved the desired result . |
| 20 | He badly wanted to believe he had beaten FAKINTIL — it would have eased a move into their crony politics for him . |
| 21 | Robyn picked up the piece of paper and tried hard not to believe he had made an effort . |
| 22 | Several times he went back to the spot where he had hidden the sack as though unable to believe it had gone . |
| 23 | Indeed , the middle class actually came to believe it had inherited the leafy suburban earth . |