Example sentences of "[vb mod] say [prep] sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who could say for sure ? |
| 2 | No one could say for sure if Robert of Gloucester would support Stephen , or if he would remain in Normandy to throw the considerable weight of his position , wealth and experience behind his half-sister . |
| 3 | ‘ This past month we 've suffered eleven raids , and still no man can say for sure who the reivers are . |
| 4 | Nobody can say for sure when the earliest purpose-made sparkling wine was produced , but documentary evidence exists to prove that the monks of the abbey of St Hilaire in southern France had intentionally produced sparkling wines as early as 1531 , well over one hundred years before anyone attempted to do so in Champagne . |
| 5 | All we can say for sure is that it entered the microscope , perhaps on one side , perhaps on the other , perhaps in the middle . |