Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | This figure was repeated by des Forges and Harber , and quoted by Parslow ( 1973 ) , but I am reasonably certain that it was a considerable over-estimate . |
| 2 | At the time of Chamberlain 's appointment he had written to his mother : ‘ I am pretty certain that I shall be left where I am which is what I wanted , for the only promotion I should care about would be the Exchequer itself which would never be given to a minister of only two years ' experience . |
| 3 | I am nearly certain , however . ’ |
| 4 | Of that I have no doubt , but I am equally certain that it was his own hands which fastened his belt around his neck and fumbled for the window bar . |
| 5 | My suspicion first fell on Reg Pybus , but I am now certain it is Howard Wilkinson , seeking some perverted pleasure to compensate for his monumental gaff in signing that prat Colin Webley . |
| 6 | I am more certain of that than I am of anything in my life , and although it is a slow and at times agonizing road I tread , the time will come when I shall be heard and cleared of the indictment held against me . |
| 7 | I am absolutely certain that such would be the very reverse of being the case , and that it would prove to be a particularly cheerful looking building . |
| 8 | The deputy mayor said confidently , ‘ While I am absolutely certain that he will be found , if he is not found , this will be setting a precedent ’ ; since the mayoral office was instituted this is normally only a formality , with the mayor-elect waiting downstairs to be ‘ found ’ . |
| 9 | I am quite certain that this can be achieved . |
| 10 | Whatever oil we 're talking , what I am quite certain about is that the conventional proportions ( three oil to one vinegar ) — favours the vinegar far too much . |
| 11 | Also I am quite certain she would wish me to say no more about it . ’ |
| 12 | The manner in which the security forces in Northern Ireland conduct themselves commands the admiration of all , and I am quite certain that the hon. Gentleman did not intend to impute any lack of commitment to them . |
| 13 | I have not measured the gap of the barrier at the north end of the Pilton path , but I am quite certain it does not meet the 400mm. minimum . |
| 14 | ‘ I am quite certain that you will . |
| 15 | I brought my bombs back on many occasions , because I am quite certain we never got anywhere near anything that looked like a target . |
| 16 | It was a disgraceful act which I do not condone , but I am almost certain my son had done nothing of the kind before . |
| 17 | And I am almost certain that each one was included in the following year 's NIBA team . |
| 18 | That 's the good news , now for the bad : ‘ I am almost certain to ask a member of the audience to come up and be burnt alive . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I am almost certain we will be going to see the Chancellor to complain about the way this was done , ’ he added . |
| 20 | I am perfectly certain , indeed I do not think any one can doubt this , that our Party on the old lines will never have any future again in this country . " |
| 21 | ‘ I am so certain of my place here that I would have resigned anyway , and now I have good reason three times over … my nerve had already failed twice , and could n't do so again … . ’ |
| 22 | I did not date the typed copy I made — for Dana could not or would not type , and after we had finished a poem to our common satisfaction , I had to type it out while he rested on the bed — but I am fairly certain it was written soon after I met Dana in that Spanish class for foreigners , which I have noted in my 1957 Letts Diary : ‘ Wednesday , October 16 . |
| 23 | Of one thing I am fairly certain , namely that the glassfibre Seayak will carve through waves better . |
| 24 | This year I 'm nearly certain that there 's been some money , not too much — about five thousand pounds — taken out of the system . |
| 25 | I 'm not sure what authority , if any , Waaf Officers had over NCOs in the RAF , but I 'm pretty certain she would n't have got very far with him . |
| 26 | Now I 'm pretty certain that you do that and it 's it 's a bit of erm there 's qui quite a bit in it . |
| 27 | ( I 'm pretty certain I never believed that one , I mean the guy had been dead a week , for Pete 's sake . |
| 28 | I 'm pretty certain he has n't been married . ’ |
| 29 | These are n't things you get off in a hurry , so I try and remain calm , although suddenly I 'm pretty certain I 've got one on my chest . |
| 30 | Er but I 'm pretty certain |