Example sentences of "say for certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time she had actually said for certain that she would sail with me and I could not hide my joy , and Ellen , seeing that pleasure , laughed at it . |
| 2 | All that can be said for certain is that I respond to all of it — vixen , trees , plants , birds , the lot — but it does not respond to me . ’ |
| 3 | The work is surely from a different school , and there is nothing here to say for certain whether the original was in bronze or marble . |
| 4 | ‘ Impossible to say for certain , sir . |
| 5 | ‘ Whilst it was the physician 's opinion that she had not had carnal relations for some two years , he could not say for certain . |
| 6 | But who could say for certain ? |
| 7 | A title shared may be a title halved in terms of world kudos but Bowe , we can say for certain after Friday night 's great effort here , is a thrillingly genuine heavyweight champion . |
| 8 | While I can not say for certain that the aquarium located at the Oceanographic Institute , Monaco boasts this title , it does contain some stunning displays of tropical freshwater and marine fish and is well worth a visit . |
| 9 | No-one can say for certain whether he was right ; what can be stated with certainty is that with Italy and Germany helping the Nationalists almost from the beginning , non-intervention threw the Spanish Republic into the embrace of the only great power willing to help her — the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | Mrs Ayers , who is still recovering from the shock , said at the moment she could not say for certain anything had been taken . |
| 11 | Until now she had n't taken much notice of him , so she could n't say for certain whether he was handsome or not . |
| 12 | In fact I ca n't say for certain that it ever arrived . |
| 13 | Something in the atmosphere of the room seemed to have changed in the course of the last few moments , and Liston could n't say for certain what it was . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't say for certain . |
| 15 | I could n't say for certain what our smallest listed building is , but I suspect that some old wall-mounted pillar boxes will be strong candidates ! |