Example sentences of "sure that [pron] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bent spindles would be a fairly good excuse for not completely stripping some of these units but Ted 's single-minded attention to detail made sure that everything ended up with its proper film of necessary preservative . |
| 2 | She made sure that they went on being there . |
| 3 | MEN WERE SURE that they knew why women adored Prince Richard . |
| 4 | They seemed not to be , but it was difficult to be sure that they had not simply managed to turn away again in time . |
| 5 | Inwardly I had a sneaking admiration for them because they had been sure that they did n't like the Legion and so had acted directly and left . |
| 6 | Sir : In your interesting article ( 30 September ) about the sale to the British Library by Lord Norwich ( for a sum left tantalisingly undisclosed ) of Evelyn Waugh 's letters to his late mother , Lady Diana Cooper , the library 's curator of modern literary manuscripts , a Ms Brown , was quoted as follows : I am sure that they did not have a physical affair . |
| 7 | In his school career , Gazzer had given a great deal of time , energy , and thought to getting round various people , to making sure that they did not take out their boredom , frustration or spite on him , the most obvious victim , the smallest and puniest boy in the class . |
| 8 | So the policy makers , the planners ( and the academics ? ) all sought to make sure that they did not influence the situation in Dunrossness . |
| 9 | I am sure that they did not consider just talking to London Transport about that . |
| 10 | her parents , but they , they do n't have their friends , in fact I 'm not sure that they did very much at all , I think that Myrie meant it when she said that what they wanted was the most peaceful sort of Christmas that you could possibly imagine , with no big teas , big meals or anything |
| 11 | ‘ It much more concerned us , ’ writes Baxter , ‘ to be sure that we deserved not suffering , than that we be delivered from it . ’ |
| 12 | As was explained in Chapter 1 , we could never be quite sure that we had indeed found the correct theory , since theories ca n't be proved . |
| 13 | It was the question of making sure that we did n't pay tax on any of that three four four five . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But I needed to be sure that you had not forgotten your homesite . |
| 17 | Just enough to make sure Okay , maybe not a difficult as that one was , just enough really to make sure that you knew how to do the calculations . |
| 18 | And you 're quite sure that you did n't go into that room , either of you ? ’ |
| 19 | The house screws would stand out on the avenue to make sure that you did n't stop and talk . |
| 20 | I 'm not sure whether I believe Rick Lawrence killed Angy or not but I am sure that you did n't , truly I am . ’ |
| 21 | That 's why I wanted to make sure that you did n't say anything about it to Dawlish . ’ |
| 22 | okay , which would be an option to make sure that you did n't have to resort to this three thousand pounds a year |
| 23 | ‘ You are quite sure that you did not go out at all last evening ? ’ |
| 24 | I agree that I have been reinforced ( although I 'm not sure that I learnt how to make coffee by operant conditioning — I suspect I copied someone , or was told how to do it — but that is a separate issue ) . |
| 25 | ‘ There are two reasons why I wanted to be sure that I met up with you after school today . ’ |
| 26 | I felt sure that I went there but I do n't think , I do n't know what happened but I do n't think they were ever so successful really . |
| 27 | ‘ I was sure that I did not have a place in either male or female worlds , ’ she told me . |
| 28 | 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 ! ’ |
| 29 | I felt like kissing the dinghy , and I 'm not sure that I did n't put my lips to the rough friendly fabric of her snub nose . |
| 30 | And I scratched it on there to make sure that I did n't forget it . |