Example sentences of "he do not [adv] believe " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jury … found that Constable Laurie was not actuated by malice or direct motive , but had actually been over-zealous ; that he had no reasonable and probable ground for believing that Roche 's house was used for betting , and that he did not honestly believe that he made bets with plaintiff . |
| 2 | He did not exactly believe this statement : to his mind Steve was not developing , he was already fully what he had it in him to be . |
| 3 | Hartington confided that he did not really believe that prostitution could ever be eliminated . |
| 4 | But he did not really believe any of it , not for a moment . |
| 5 | He rewarded me with a puzzled smile , as if he wanted to show he did not quite believe me , then with a kiss from sun-blistered lips , dry and firm . |
| 6 | Something in his demeanour indicated that perhaps he did not quite believe her story of having climbed most of the way up Massis , which peasants and holy men alike knew to be inaccessible . |
| 7 | It never occurred to him that the story was questionable , that Wainfleet had deliberately published something he did not totally believe and that he had done it in retaliation for being humiliated . |
| 8 | It was clear from Artai 's expression that he wished to show that he did not entirely believe Burun 's protest . |
| 9 | In the same way , a thoughtless parent who informs his or her child that he is ‘ stupid ’ will often be responsible for producing an adult who , even if he does not honestly believe in his heart of hearts that he is stupid , certainly does not have any real faith in his own ability . |
| 10 | Home Secretary , Kenneth Baker has said he does not now believe it would be right to continue with the proposed closures because of the entirely unacceptable numbers of prisoners held in police cells . |