They didn't want to raise any false hopes , but they believed her husband had escaped capture.

他们并不想让人心存奢望，但是他们相信她的丈夫已逃脱追捕。

《牛津词典》

People in our town, remembering how old lady Wyatt, her great-aunt, had gone completely crazy at last, believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were.

镇上的人想起爱米丽小姐的姑奶奶韦亚特老太太终于变成了十足疯子的事，都相信格里尔生一家人自视过高，不了解自己所处的地位。

youdao

They believed God had instructed them to kill her.

ECONOMIST: Mormons who murder

But Rice said her deputies were all told that if they believed they had information that warranted a direct briefing to the president, they should tell her.

CNN: Rice forcefully rebuts Clarke testimony

The doctor told her she didn't know but that she believed they had been inflicted.

BBC: Barry McCarney