Example sentences of "sure [conj] i [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However I am not sure where I can obtain information about the relevant countries , especially their laws and regulations concerning visitors . |
| 2 | ‘ No , no , ’ said Dinah hastily , ‘ I am sure that I may rely upon your word . |
| 3 | If I knew how to make copies of myself , I 'm not sure that I would give the project high priority in competition with all the other things I want to do : why should I ? |
| 4 | Even in these relatively heated times , I am not sure that I would wish to use such a word as fraud against the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) . |
| 5 | I am sure that I would have got on with both men , famously well . |
| 6 | Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady . |
| 7 | ‘ Cup rugby would also have appealed to me , but I 'm not so sure that I would have been so enthusiastic about playing in a league , ’ Cranmer says . |
| 8 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |
| 9 | If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’ |
| 10 | We are disappointed that he left Leeds , but I 'm not sure that I would have regarded 2.75 million as money well-spent on a player of his type . |
| 11 | I laughed politely , my mind mainly concerned with making sure that I would find all my belongings . |
| 12 | He was also sure that I ought to mug up as much as I could about Italy . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course , the twins are well past the nappy stage — or I imagine they must be — and , since I 've promised Liz that I 'll look after them , you can be sure that I 'll do what I can . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll make sure that I 'll bring her back in one piece , ’ André was saying , but Piers had turned away and gave no indication of having heard what was being said to him . |
| 15 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 16 | I am not sure that I can do so , but with even × 7 binoculars they are clear enough . |
| 17 | I am not sure that I can give the hon. Gentleman the first information that he requested . |
| 18 | My Lords , I I 'm not sure that I can give an absolute answer to that , it would be wrong for me to , to guess . |
| 19 | I 'm not sure that I can go . ’ |
| 20 | I am not sure that I can agree with the last sentiment that my hon. Friend expressed . |
| 21 | It is clear enough , though large and dim ; any higher magnification shows it well , though even with × 20 I am not at all sure that I can begin to resolve it into stars . |
| 22 | I 'm not sure that I should tell you , but seeing that you are a policeman … |
| 23 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not at all sure that I 'd want one . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I 'd care to expose myself to the distortions you wreak upon your subject 's features . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I was n't sure that I 'd find you in , ’ he drawled for openers — and suddenly Fabia did n't like his tone . |
| 27 | But I decided against it , not entirely sure that I 'd like the answer . |
| 28 | We called for some fish and chips to take back for all of us , but I was n't sure that I could eat them after seeing that documentary where they all had ulcers . |
| 29 | My first big chance to put money in the bank came in 1986 when Middlesex awarded me a benefit , which was meant to make sure that I could have a start in the world outside cricket once I retired . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I could concentrate , ’ she said , as near to humour as he had ever seen her . |