Example sentences of "[adv] to be sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that we can wait for the moment when she sees you well enough to be sure whether you are Liam or not . |
| 2 | Of the incidence of poverty and famine we know comparatively little , but we know enough to be sure that both were common . |
| 3 | Ah could n't see the little bugger clearly enough to be sure , but Ah think he was Indian . |
| 4 | Delight enough to be sure , but the pleasure was greatly amplified when it was recognized , almost immediately , that the harpsichord bore an uncommon resemblance to the instrument shown in the famous Mercier portrait of Handel ( see cover ) . |
| 5 | Not much , but enough to be sure . |
| 6 | Even the thought of Candy acting as a spy in the camp could n't annoy her — she knew her friend well enough to be sure she would have acted with Rory 's best interests at heart . |
| 7 | Do you have to say an N two would you round up or round down to be sure ? |
| 8 | ‘ Right , let's be having you then , ’ he said , and proceeded to lead his recruits — carryying everything from battered suitcases to brown paper parcels — through the streets of Edinburgh at the double , only to be sure that the locals did n't realise just how undisciplined this rabble really was . |
| 9 | It is too soon to be sure that any such desecration has been avoided , but the excellent scheme by Allies and Morrison which has now been adopted is already on course for completion by the arrival of the Tall Ships in 1992 . |
| 10 | As yet it is too soon to be sure of what happened . |
| 11 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 12 | The road in question was to be the new North Parade , and — just to be sure — the Trustees wanted permission if necessary to knock down almost the whole of Pig Street and a lot else besides , including : |
| 13 | Just to be sure . |
| 14 | He made a grunting noise just to be sure that Gurder heard him . |
| 15 | ‘ And I 've just been back and checked just to be sure , ’ his mate added . |
| 16 | ‘ I searched it , just to be sure . ’ |
| 17 | With Sycorax on her back , Ariel dropped on to her haunches and took up her baby and tied him in a cloth to her breast ; she rubbed his mouth with soursop juice to keep him dry so that he would not howl with discomfort to be changed ( she packed soft moss against his bottom , just to be sure ) ; then she took a basket of her herbs and preparations and whistled softly to Paca , the last of her caveys , to follow . |
| 18 | Wickham showed the photograph just to be sure . |
| 19 | But they 'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance . |
| 20 | I knew Malpass would have had no more than a fleeting glimpse of them , but just to be sure , I went behind the bar and found an empty crisp box . |
| 21 | And , just to be sure , I 've asked Gamal 's friend , the one who works in Al-Liwa , to be there too . ’ |
| 22 | I knew you would n't be expecting me , but I really — I needed to see you , too , ’ he confessed , ‘ just to be sure I was still alive . ’ |
| 23 | So many times she had helped at the scene of an accident and felt the same need to be with people afterwards , just to be sure , as he said , that she was still alive . |
| 24 | Even before I had learned to walk my eldest sister used to dump me in an orange box on the pavement next to Granpa 's pitch just to be sure I could start my apprenticeship early . |
| 25 | I also discovered that Granpa used to switch suppliers regularly , ‘ just to be sure no one takes me for granted ’ . |
| 26 | I think I got seventy just to be sure . |
| 27 | Get a vet to check him over to be sure . |
| 28 | He was out again early ; too early even for the car to have been ticketed yet , as he found when he got in and turned the engine over to be sure that the cold and damp of the early hours would n't leave him with any last-minute problems . |
| 29 | No no no not ca n't remember now , not to be sure . |
| 30 | Mr , in these shifting grounds that we perceive around us as a result of the deliberations of your authority and North Yorkshire County Council , it is difficult , is it not , always to be sure of the reasons which have caused the changes in view ? |