Example sentences of "i be [adv] at [det] sure " in BNC.
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1 | He saw no inconsistency between such temporary infatuations and the matrimonial ideal he presented now to Hooton , as he had already discussed it with Helen : ‘ I am not at all sure that there is anywhere a loftier , while there could be no sweeter , perfection than that of a household ’ . |
2 | For a painter in the 1990s to attempt this sort of transcendent landscape is rather startling , and , frankly , I am not at all sure that it comes off . |
3 | It is clear enough , though large and dim ; any higher magnification shows it well , though even with × 20 I am not at all sure that I can begin to resolve it into stars . |
4 | the difficulty quite frankly is that everybody wants to join the Study Groups on foreign affairs or economic policy and I am not at all sure that electorally these are the two most important . |
5 | I am not at all sure that she will ever speak to me again . ’ |
6 | ‘ I 'm not at all sure that I 'd want one . ’ |
7 | Madame Gloriana turned away murmuring to herself , ‘ That 's what they all want to know , although I 'm not at all sure if it does them any good . ’ |
8 | The ‘ rope ’ binding around the front and headstock is very tasty , as are the snowflake fingerboard inlays ( although they could have been installed straighter ) but I 'm not at all sure about the classical-style rosette complete with touches of green and fluorescent pink . |
9 | Leaning against her with an almost childish relief , Peter said , ‘ I 'm not at all sure I can . ’ |
10 | I 'm not at all sure that would happen . |
11 | While this has coincided with a revival of interest in opera among the ‘ chattering classes ’ , I 'm not at all sure that it means a lot to the average person , except , simply , as dramatic music . |
12 | ‘ I 'm not at all sure he likes being told . ’ |
13 | I 'm not at all sure I 'm fit to drive but I have to if I 'm going to get to Inverness in time for the connecting flight . |
14 | I 'm not at all sure I shall allow that , ’ he said smoothly . |
15 | She said , ‘ I like to ride for my own pleasure , but I 'm not at all sure I want to hunt . |
16 | ‘ I might have heard , but I 'm not at all sure I believed what I heard , ’ she muttered , searching his face for clues , but finding none . |
17 | ‘ I 'm not at all sure , sir , ’ he said . |
18 | I think he went up to London , yes , but I 'm not at all sure what he did there . |
19 | I 'm not at all sure that er , Monday 's announcement will er , make it any clearer , but we will see . |
20 | I I read that with great interest , I 'm not at all sure what it means . |
21 | ‘ You 're right , it was n't , but something has changed and I 'm not at all sure it 's for the best . ’ |
22 | ‘ I 'm not at all sure that 's a necessary ingredient — not in the early stages , at least . |
23 | B b b because that , that 's the way he sees it , he 's , he is interpreting all of these things as revolutionary , right , I 'm not at all sure if they were . |
24 | So I 'm not at all sure , that myself , it is so much worse . |
25 | I 'm not at all sure about the relevance of the last of these qualifications to the proceedings this evening but I am sure that all the other qualifications and all the rest of the experience conspire to make John Cruikshank an eminently suitable lecturer on our subject for tonight , which is ‘ Proust : Novelist and Explorer ’ . |
26 | er I 'm slightly worried about the effect on the Olympic movement of Atlanta being chosen only in the sense that er that this is the , I think the sixth time in 25 years that a North American city has got it and it does look rather as if the er pressures are now , on the financial side , are now coming very much from the North American continent and I 'm not at all sure that that 's really good for the Olympic movement . |
27 | Probably not , but it , it is , it is at such an early stage that I 'm not at all sure what advertising you say to speak , can be made of it . |
28 | I drank to the toast , though I was not at all sure that we would actually make the crossing in Wavebreaker . |
29 | ‘ When I arrived at the river I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing because the water temperature was 4.1 degrees Centigrade and the air temperature was 1.8 degrees , ’ said Les . |
30 | ‘ At first , I was n't at all sure they 'd work in the cottage . |