Example sentences of "[vb past] sure [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made sure that a couple of books were left at home so that there was more room . |
| 2 | Mr Chin had foreseen this difficulty and made sure that no child had majority control of any of the family companies . |
| 3 | A coalition was formed in June 1757 in which Pitt ran the war , and justified his claim ‘ I know that I can save this country , and I know that no other man can ’ , while the Duke of Newcastle made sure that the majority in the House of Commons realized that their business was to vote money for Pitt 's military operations without too much fuss . |
| 4 | She made sure that the door was properly shut , and then said , still speaking in a whisper , " There have been a lot of rumours in the office . |
| 5 | William III made sure that the crowns of his new territories stayed on the same head , but he still had separate governments in his different kingdoms . |
| 6 | By sinking several Genoese vessels and taking others captive , the English made sure that the port remained in English hands , that ( for some while ) they would control the wide estuary of the Seine , and that they might , in the phrase of the day , ‘ sweep ’ the French off its waters by patrolling the sea . |
| 7 | He wore the suit rarely and in one of the few points of discipline which he managed to impose on himself he always made sure that the suit , or the trousers at least , were pressed immediately after use . |
| 8 | A well-respected man in the community , he made sure that the boys were well educated and also conversant with practical methods of making a living . |
| 9 | In anticipation of ultimate Jewish success he made sure that the United States backed the winning side . |
| 10 | The land could not be inspected because Dr. Rufford did not own it so he made sure that the land was not inspected . |
| 11 | And he 's had it slapped in his face , because this council has provided an adequate budget for the police authority , it has pr , treated it fairly and squarely like every other council committee , and made sure that the service they provide is adequate for the people of this county . |
| 12 | Better news about transport was that the new design for London taxis made sure that the back seat was suitable for lovers . |
| 13 | As its critic Richard Grove had pointed out , the original plan was for the trees to live much longer ( and become more valuable timber ) , only the Commission had badly underestimated how windy it was in the British Isles , and the Sitka spruce suffered badly from ‘ wind-blow ’ , which stressed the timber and made sure that the trees would never reach the grand dimensions they do in their native temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest . |
| 14 | He also made sure that the servants had a generous amount of beer , too . |
| 15 | Nu said openly that , ‘ although the London agreement looked very well on paper he strongly suspected that HMG had first of all made sure that the frontier peoples would not agree to any form of union with Burma ’ . |
| 16 | On this occasion , Paisley made sure that the display was not ignored . |
| 17 | At Reading , however , he felt sure that the coincidence would snap . |