Example sentences of "not believe it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born , they held it like a long skinned thing and for a moment she stared at it hanging in the air not knowing if it was alive or dead , good or bad , not believing it was over . |
| 2 | Police do not believe it was the work of Colombian drug lords Photograph ( omitted ) : |
| 3 | Dismissing an apppeal against a planning decision , the minister said he did not believe it was possible to solve Hampshire 's housing problems by allowing pockets of development . |
| 4 | De Gaulle had already made up his mind , having already instructed the French representatives on the Maudling Committee to convey the view that France did not believe it was possible to create the free trade area for which Britain was pressing . |
| 5 | I cried and laughed and stared and could not believe it was happening . |
| 6 | One part of her could not believe it was happening , and perhaps that was why she did not resist . |
| 7 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
| 8 | Tony could not believe it was really happening . |
| 9 | Even as Philip pushed the boy to the ground he could n't believe it was him that was doing it . |
| 10 | When a few minutes later , amid the oohs and aahs from the three women , she stood and looked at the person staring back at her from the long mirror , she could n't believe it was herself . |
| 11 | They could n't believe it was all real — that the nightmare was actually happening to them . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't believe it was true when I heard , ’ she continued . |
| 13 | But then I do n't believe it was much of a race out at the front either . |
| 14 | But there , something about it was unnerving , yet fascinating ; I could n't believe it was happening . |
| 15 | I do n't believe it was Joe Burns . ’ |
| 16 | He wo n't believe it was a trick , but everyone here knows it was , ’ he said.A spokeswoman for Sizewell B said : ‘ We believe it 's not a wind-up , but if it is his friends will get a good ticking off ! ’ |
| 17 | I could n't believe it was happening , ’ she admits in an interview with The Face . |
| 18 | I do n't believe it was a coincidence , and if it was n't — ’ he had finally sorted it out — ‘ if it was n't then it means that Sardinian shepherds dressed themselves up as Sardinian shepherds to do a kidnapping . |
| 19 | He was so white , so still , she could n't believe it was really him . |
| 20 | I could n't believe it was happening . |
| 21 | I could n't believe it was true . |
| 22 | Alex could n't believe it was that easy . |
| 23 | He still could n't believe it was him . |
| 24 | Pointing to the box on the bed , she continued to stare at herself as though she could n't believe it was her . |
| 25 | And you still , ’ he tacked on softly , ‘ despite all the evidence , do n't believe it was your grandfather , do you ? ’ |
| 26 | She was bubbling over with words and explanations and kept pumping my arm and staring at my face as though she could n't believe it was really me . |
| 27 | I just could n't believe it was true for a start — ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I could n't believe it was really you . |
| 29 | The motorcycle was n't registered to Mr Arrol , although police do n't believe it was stolen . |
| 30 | A spokesman said : ‘ We do n't believe it was caused by a normal operational failure . ’ |