Example sentences of "not believe " in BNC.
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| 1 | When faced with the choice of believing or not believing , Pascal , a gambling man , reckoned that the consequences of not believing and being wrong ( eternal damnation ) were infinitely worse than believing and being wrong , so he chose to believe . |
| 2 | When faced with the choice of believing or not believing , Pascal , a gambling man , reckoned that the consequences of not believing and being wrong ( eternal damnation ) were infinitely worse than believing and being wrong , so he chose to believe . |
| 3 | Hoomey looked at Sam , not believing it . |
| 4 | The orchestra ground to an embarrassed halt and the audience was completely silent , as if not believing it . |
| 5 | The sun had pierced through the mist , and they were not believing their good luck at being alive , and being cared for by the beautiful colleens . |
| 6 | If someone bought me an expensive perfumed soap , I would save it — not believing I would ever have another — until I found it years later , grubby and odourless ! |
| 7 | ‘ Must you tease so ? ’ asked Joan , not believing a word of it . |
| 8 | Christie demanded , not believing his own eyes . |
| 9 | In believing my parents , I was forced into the position of not believing myself and of not believing in myself . |
| 10 | In believing my parents , I was forced into the position of not believing myself and of not believing in myself . |
| 11 | Not believing in reincarnation or the after-life , it 's my view that our lives are not dress rehearsals . |
| 12 | He does n't believe in Arnold Bros but he likes to think Arnold Bros exists just so that he can go on not believing in him . |
| 13 | Or not believing in things . |
| 14 | In not believing such relations to be wrong , conservatives are going against the whole ethos of the modern world , in which it has increasingly come to be held that humans should be treated as equals . |
| 15 | He raised a hand to touch his face , not believing what he saw . |
| 16 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
| 17 | Harry laughed , not believing Alice might be serious . |
| 18 | I had said that we should go to Egypt for this , not believing that the occasion would ever really arise ; that I should be married to Syl and taken to the country in which I had come to life and lost it . |
| 19 | He still listened , but now I do n't think he was hearing me , not believing that I meant what I said . |
| 20 | I mean , I did n't think , Well , he could float in space , and it never occurred to me to ask where Sooty himself had come from , or the wand , but I was already heading towards not believing , I suppose . |
| 21 | ‘ Is that what she really said ? ’ asked Dexter , speaking for the first time , not believing a word of what Lancaster had said . |
| 22 | My mother , not believing in idleness and thinking of the long months that lay ahead of me , decided I should learn embroidery . |
| 23 | Stephen shook his head , not believing that . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 25 | And as for not believing me , they wo n't have much choice . |
| 26 | He could not help her by attacking Havvie and creating an even worse scandal ; that would be self-indulgent , merely seeking to exorcise his own guilt for not believing her . |
| 27 | ‘ Who indeed ? ’ she asked , not believing him for a minute , ‘ But rather arrogant of you to assume I would be willing to be caught . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I know you ca n't help not believing . |
| 30 | Rory lay down on his back , the carpet pricking him rather pleasantly , content not to reply , not believing her , not caring . |