Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] sure that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is that area of physical life which is associated with sickness and health ; an area wherein the interplay between the subconscious healing operations of the bodily functions , on the one hand , and the power of the human mind or will to help those functions on the other , would offer immense possibilities for medical practice if the practitioner knew for sure that in the mind of the patient there was the certain knowledge that successful self-help generated from faith in a fully believed-in ‘ god ’ could be achieved . |
| 2 | Patrick was three months old when Sarah knew for sure that she would have James 's child before the year was out . |
| 3 | I told her she was telling porkies because I knew for sure that God put it there as a sign he was never going to drown us all again or otherwise wreck the planet . |
| 4 | She knew for sure that one contained the means to finding the Grimoire . |
| 5 | Suddenly she was ravenous , and she knew for sure that the cupboard held only labour-intensive proper food . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps not , ’ Travis agreed , then said how he 'd dearly love to ring Rosemary at her parents ' home , but that he knew for sure that he could definitely give up even the frail hope he had left of sharing his life with Rosemary if he did that . |