Example sentences of "certain that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although she said it she could not be certain that it was true . |
| 2 | Whatever it was that these men planned , Trent remained certain that it was too sophisticated to have been plotted by the murderers of Colombia 's drug trade . |
| 3 | While it is certain that it was always possible to approach Napoleon III via a courtier , the real intermediaries between the Emperor and the outside world , in so far as it necessitated his personal intervention , were those employed in what was called the Civil Cabinet . |
| 4 | Mary was certain that it was the same estate-car that had swept her into the ditch . |
| 5 | Once I noticed the familiar gap in a row of houses like the space left by a drawn tooth , but I could not be certain that it was the result of bombing and if it was it had happened a long time ago . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Although she no longer dominated the proceedings , Tamar was certain that it was the older woman 's presence which dampened the workers ' enthusiasm and made the meal and the dancing which followed , restrained and formal . |
| 8 | I heard/saw a large bomb leave the Ju87 and was certain that it was coming straight at me . |
| 9 | I 'm fairly certain that it was twice . |
| 10 | Although the Irish elk is no longer with us , just from the size of its horns we can be fairly certain that it was polygamous , and that a few males mated with most of the females . |
| 11 | Certain that it was the only true begetter of G&S , indifferent to new theatrical styles , D'Oyly Carte presented the same productions year after year , turning them into a rather dreary ritual . |
| 12 | Thierry Millerand , Sotheby 's head of French furniture , remarks on the extreme rarity of the Louis XVI ormolu-mounted and painted satinwood and mahogany commode ( est. $1.2–1.6 million ) that is the top lot of the Ortiz-Patiño offering of French furniture : ‘ The commode is one of the very few surviving examples of French eighteenth-century painted and veneered furniture ’ and adds , ‘ We are certain that it was executed by Joseph Baumhauer and that it belonged to a great collector , Nicolas Beaujon , in the eighteenth century ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not certain that it was n't deliberate . ’ |
| 14 | Lydia was not exactly terrified , but she was sitting very , very still so that if there was the slightest noise she could be quite certain that it was not she who had caused it . |
| 15 | This masked figure that you saw — you 're certain that it was not your master . ’ |
| 16 | She was certain he was wrong , certain that it was not just bad luck in a chancy world ; but she did not intend to argue with him . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It di we do n't get all the details in the story that Jesus tells of here , but it 's quite certain that it was n't just a case of wandering along a nice path until he found the sheep and then bringing it home . |
| 19 | If it was his , and she felt certain that it was , then he was still working , still hard at it . |