Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [prep] be sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What a bloodthirsty little creature you are to be sure ! ’ said Biff , with a hint of admiration . |
| 2 | ‘ Then what an unfeeling little brute you are to be sure . |
| 3 | She was to be sure to concentrate first on the relaxation part of the exercise , and was to stop immediately if she felt herself becoming at all upset . |
| 4 | ( To be precise , there are four Humean conditions to satisfy , if we are to be sure that c caused e on some occasion , namely : c preceded e ; there was no intermediate event ; events like c are always followed by events like e in those conditions ; and we are in the habit of expecting the sequence . ) |
| 5 | And grand it is to be sure . |
| 6 | Give a child a piece of paper to hold and say that he is to be sure not to let anyone interfere with it . |
| 7 | He knew that if he was to be sure of winning he had to hole it . |