Example sentences of "be sure that [pron] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Had he heard the evidence now placed before us , he may not have been wholly convinced by it but , in my view , he could not have been sure that the appellants had knowingly breached the court order and , therefore , he could not have been sure that they were in contempt .
2 But in the end , I am sure that it was with the public at large that his influence counted most .
3 There are one or two slight discrepancies in the article ; for example every crew I flew with operated with four Air Gunners , more than half the co-pilots flight sergeant air engineers , one of my skippers was a Flying Officer and I 'm sure that there were at least another four .
4 ‘ I 'm sure that it was after two and before half-past , but I ca n't get closer than that . ’
5 He was sure that it was at Aros .
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