Example sentences of "sure if [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ None of us could be sure if we would have a job tomorrow ; the uncertainty was preventing us winning new business ; and we had looked at the various companies who were rumoured to be bidding for us and did n't like what we saw . ’ |
| 2 | It 's all right — they are still alive , ’ he said quickly , taking her limp hands within his own warm fingers , ‘ but they 're both in Intensive Care in a hospital and no one seems sure if they 'll be able to pull through . |
| 3 | They were n't sure if they would find Rose there at all or what way they would find her if they did . |
| 4 | He was n't sure if they would all come but thought that they would . |
| 5 | I am not sure at the moment if the labour are sure if they would work under the Labour government . |
| 6 | Dip and float , not quite sure if they may |
| 7 | We , we kept on er making or doing repairs for the Ministry of Works for about ooh seven or eight years after the war finished , which kept a lot of men working in Galashiels when we , you know , when they were n't very sure if they could come back to their old jobs . |
| 8 | Im sure if they could manage to go to some obscure town on the borders of scotland last round , they could manage to ‘ waste ’ 10 seconds on Leeds . |
| 9 | But I 'm sure if they could make a profit they would . |
| 10 | ‘ In her last letter she said she was not sure if she could settle , ’ said Mrs Over . |
| 11 | Flavia , sitting very still , was not sure if she could trust her ears . |
| 12 | In that moment she was n't sure if she could fling decorum to the wind and beg him to make love to her again , right there , standing up in the blackness of Ghar Hasan . |
| 13 | She was no longer sure if she could afford to consider just one particular aspect of her pride when there were other far more vulnerable areas , capable of sustaining appalling damage . |
| 14 | It would mean seeing Alain again and she was n't sure if she could do that and retain any distance . |
| 15 | Now , though , she was sitting in the dressing-room , not even sure if she could persuade her legs to stand up and carry her to the stage . |
| 16 | Alexandra was not sure if she should sit down before she was invited to , but by now she hardly cared . |
| 17 | She was n't sure if she should go in there . |
| 18 | I was n't sure if it would work so I had to try it out before buying it . |
| 19 | Thank you Chairman I , I actually agreed with those not so much that erm I , I have problems with erm other matters , it is more extra to be examined and because it actually says that it has to be examined once , and will therefore be re-examined erm , erm I am sure if it should be examined they have to put exact what it means examine in and before and as you say er you will be the first to say . |
| 20 | I 'm still not sure if it will work . |
| 21 | I am not sure if I would still sing if I had a wife , because I think marriage is a commitment to one woman , and I have no right to go and sing to all those others . ’ |
| 22 | On the other hand , if I did n't take it , I was n't sure if I would get another opportunity like that again . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not sure if I 'll still be here tomorrow , as air traffic is functioning normally and I have some urgent matters to attend to back in Hong Kong , but I 'll see you on Friday anyway . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Look , Bernie , I have n't been able to bring myself to tell you this , but I 'm not sure if I 'll ever be able to go back on stage . |
| 25 | I 'm not sure if I 'll have you over the door-sill . ’ |
| 26 | Not sure if I can stay the night yet . |
| 27 | I 'd like to try stir-fry cooking , but I 'm not sure if I can use a wok on a ceramic hob . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not sure if I can do it , ’ he was muttering , his features hardened by some complex emotion . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not sure if I can wait the length of time it will take — but since you seem to believe that you can … ’ he added in an ironic mutter , and shrugged , the gesture oddly dismissive and yet decisive at the same time . |
| 30 | Oh I know , he said erm , let me see , oh he says , er like that , if it was a narrow road er you er pretty well covered the road and I looked , I said , covered the road , I said I know I 'm big , but not that big a and of course everybody , the magistrates on the bench and everybody laughed , you see and there were newspaper reporters sitting down there writing all this down , you see and so I said to the sergeant , I said , would you be kind enough to send me a newspaper to er tonight and he to I am not sure if I can oh yes I think I did . |