Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] [adv] [adj] believe " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then goes on to say that he would like the plebeians to believe him because he is an honourable man , they respect him and to remember his honourable reputation so that they are more ready to believe him . |
| 2 | Although it is too fanciful to believe that the later Last Tango in Paris could have been influenced by John and Mary , there are nonetheless similarities between the two seemingly worlds-apart movies . |
| 3 | The problem for many people today is not that it is too difficult to believe but that it is too easy . |
| 4 | Mr Aldrich himself claims , and I am fully prepared to believe him , that he did not see Mr Stratton on the train . |
| 5 | I did no work that I can remember — I know I was considered hopeless by my teachers and I was quite ready to believe I was hopeless — I can quite well remember keeping mice at the back of the classroom and I can remember the smell . |
| 6 | And it 's really difficult to believe in things like that ? |
| 7 | Here in his own house he was aloof , unsmiling , the man Jenna had first met , and it was almost impossible to believe that this man had held her , kissed her passionately , urged her to come here to stay with him . |
| 8 | One shows drapery-folds stacked in a way , based on observation , that becomes regular in Greek art around the middle of the second half of the century , but it is almost impossible to believe that the original date of these carvings is so late . |
| 9 | I suppose she 's old enough and that , but it 's still hard to believe . |
| 10 | Despite the fact that she wanted to weep , and she was shaking so badly inside that it was a wonder she could still stand up straight at all , she snorted derisively , because she was too afraid to believe his words . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps because it 's so easy to believe the worst of you . ’ |