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  • "'Yes,' she says again, noddin '-- an' I thought how she'd stood there on the sidewalk, hungry an 'her hands all black, an' believin 'she couldn't do anything at all.

    Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906

  • It is likely the old man's keen eyes read at a glance what was in Albert's mind, for he said: "It don't do no good ter brood over this matter o 'believin', Mr. Page; I've wished I thought different many a time, an 'more so now I'm gittin' near the end o 'life, but I can't, an' so thar's no use in worryin '.

    Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Charles Clark Munn 1882

  • For my pairt I see nae room atween no believin 'in him at a', an 'believin' in him a 'thegither an' lattin him du what he likes wi '' s. "

    Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

  • "I dinna ken whether I believe in him as ye wad ca 'believin' or no -- there's sic a heap o 'things broucht to the fore nooadays

    Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

  • "It aye seems to me he has sic a scrimpit way o 'believin'!

    Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864

  • You go on believin what you do and sittin on your couch eating animal by products not knowing where it came from if it were electricuted, stunned or whatever they do in slaughter houses these days.

    Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City 2009

  • You go on believin what you do and sittin on your couch eating animal by products not knowing where it came from if it were electricuted, stunned or whatever they do in slaughter houses these days.

    Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City 2009

  • Scoring too low to be recommended in our last test, don't stop believin 'in the thoroughly revised Journey, which shows promise with improved dynamics, powertrain, and interior.

    2011 Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, and Jeep vehicles are updated and show promise 2010

  • "Ain't no use believin 'what everybody tells you," he protested.

    CHAPTER V 2010

  • Once again the GOP is galvanizin 'the general public into believin' that the recalcitrant repubs have a better bargain for healthcare.

    GOP: Dems' health care reform plan 'a prescription for disaster' 2009

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