Example sentences of "could not believe my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could not believe my luck , ’ she said . |
| 2 | I could not believe my eyes as every film , one after the other , that I lifted dripping from the hypo , was totally and absolutely blank . |
| 3 | I could n't believe my luck . |
| 4 | I could n't believe my luck . |
| 5 | He 'd won the year before , so I could n't believe my luck . |
| 6 | For a long time , I adored him at a distance and could n't believe my luck when he started showing an interest in me . ’ |
| 7 | I could n't believe my luck . |
| 8 | Madly Davies , 29 , told the People : ‘ I could n't believe my luck when I first saw my probation officer . |
| 9 | I dressed in black to reduce the chance of being seen and could n't believe my luck when I found that the house opposite his was unoccupied , with big bushes in the front garden that I could hide behind . |
| 10 | last year I could n't believe my welcome , they 're coming out and apologizing are you alright to wait , you know , he 's , he 's got dentist in the surgery and oh it was amazing |
| 11 | I could n't believe my ears but she repeated it : I realized I had not properly understood my own needs . |
| 12 | And I could n't believe my ears — ‘ Case dismissed . ’ |
| 13 | Ravi , 69 , of Bangkok , said : ‘ I could n't believe my ears when I heard it was missing . |
| 14 | I could n't believe my ears ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't believe my ears when she said she hated her father , ’ Anne said . |
| 16 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I could n't believe my ears . |
| 17 | I could n't believe my ears ! |
| 18 | I just could n't believe my ears when you started saying tenner , tenner will win the league ! |
| 19 | I could n't believe my eyes ! |
| 20 | I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 21 | ‘ I really could n't believe my eyes , Mam'selle . |
| 22 | I could n't believe my eyes when the consultant in charge of my pregnancy came round the antenatal ward in my local hospital , puffing away on a cigar . |
| 23 | I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 24 | When I found out what was going on I persuaded the colonel to go for a little holiday — and then , ’ he continued angrily when Hilary snorted derisively again , ‘ when I did meet you , I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 25 | Could n't believe my eyes . |
| 26 | ‘ I just could n't believe my eyes when I opened the box and a small white West Highland Terrier looking up at me . |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't believe my eyes , Leonora , when I saw you standing in the middle of the room down there . |
| 28 | When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki . |
| 29 | I crossed the Thames at Tower Bridge and walked further south than I had ever been before , and when I arrived at the rival market I could n't believe my eyes . |