Example sentences of "[to-vb] sure that [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the policy makers , the planners ( and the academics ? ) all sought to make sure that they did not influence the situation in Dunrossness . |
| 2 | We therefore would need to do some quite careful accounting in order to make sure that we did n't contravene that erm , the , the requirement of the Trustee Investment Act in the future . |
| 3 | But erm it just er hopefully because yeah but really they 're just trying to investigate to make sure that we did n't act fraudulently in any way . |
| 4 | The house screws would stand out on the avenue to make sure that you did n't stop and talk . |
| 5 | That 's why I wanted to make sure that you did n't say anything about it to Dawlish . ’ |
| 6 | okay , which would be an option to make sure that you did n't have to resort to this three thousand pounds a year |
| 7 | After haggling with the airline official and trying to make sure that I did n't have to pay the charges with foreign currency , the woman in charge suddenly said : ‘ All right , pay in Iraqi dinars ! ’ |
| 8 | And I scratched it on there to make sure that I did n't forget it . |
| 9 | Tony Jacklin had won the 1960 Open and the 1970 US Open , and his huge British following was going to make sure that he did what they 'd hoped he 'd do in 1970 at St Andrews , and win the 1971 Open at Birkdale . |
| 10 | Ellen was showing Rickie Crowninshield all the elaborate electronic toys that only Ellen wholly understood ; the radios , radars , weatherfaxes and satellite receivers , and Rickie was being surprisingly attentive , but as soon as he saw me he scowled and clamped a pair of headphones over his ears as though to make sure that he did not have to hold any kind of conversation with me . |
| 11 | She kept her eyes lowered to make sure that she did not look at me at this moment , at my own quite irrelevant scars . |