Example sentences of "sure that [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon their captors would be out again , driven into the night by the terror above their heads , but now Allen and Marian by keeping the Tower behind them could be sure that they were moving in the direction of the forest . |
| 2 | What I am saying is that a lot of the common English objections to Ezra Pound have substance , and would be worth taking seriously , if only we could be sure that they were advanced in good faith , in humility , and with compassion . |
| 3 | But you would have to be awfully sure that you were destined for the gallows to put to sea in a small boat during a storm . |
| 4 | It had no eyes that Rincewind could see , but he was nevertheless sure that it was staring at him . |
| 5 | She looked across the desk at Wycliffe as though for encouragement , but none came ; his expression remained bland ; she could not even be sure that he was looking at her or whether his gaze was focused on the window behind her . |
| 6 | Dougal was chasing a forlorn hope ; and he was n't even sure that he was going by the best route . |
| 7 | At times Anne felt sure that he was attracted to her , but if so why did he never ask to meet her , and why did he conceal these chance meetings from his family ? |
| 8 | He was sure that she was animated by the same desire . |