Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to be sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can sleep a little here , if necessary , but I want to be sure I 'm here when she wakes up . |
| 2 | I want to be sure that we retain all these characteristics of a decent and civilised society , while managing our economic fortunes competently so that we can pay for our individual and collective aspirations . |
| 3 | Now , bearing in mind the very short space of time between now and the close of the enquiry , I want to be sure that as far as objectors and the council are concerned , that this is a course of action which is both acceptable and practical as far as they are concerned . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to be sure that everything runs smoothly when this blasted delegation gets here tomorrow . |
| 5 | I 'm sure it 's nothing , but I want to be sure . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps not , and he may have had sentimental reasons for going to the little hut , but I want to be sure . |
| 7 | ‘ No , if there 's somebody behind me , I want to be sure that it 's One Of Theirs . ’ |
| 8 | I want to be sure you 'll take it , so I 'm going to handle the situation from now on . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Naturally I want to be sure that we have very precise data about radon 's limited and localised occurrence . |
| 10 | They 'll pick us up on radar from our reflector , but I like to be sure about these things . ’ |
| 11 | But I needed to be sure that you had not forgotten your homesite . |
| 12 | ‘ I had to be sure . |
| 13 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 14 | But I had to be sure , did n't I ? |
| 15 | ‘ I had to be sure . ’ |
| 16 | I had to be sure she would tell you only about things that happened long ago . |
| 17 | ‘ I need to be sure . |
| 18 | Well , I I need to be sure on this . |
| 19 | The deadline is Monday 3rd of May , but I need to be sure the article will arrive . |
| 20 | I have to be sure … ’ |
| 21 | Like I have to be sure of him . |
| 22 | ‘ The album is just like one leaf on the tree , and that 's why I waited two years to do the next one , because I wanted to be sure that my playing had something new to offer . |
| 23 | I wanted to be sure I could establish myself , become ‘ somebody ’ , before I told him what I was doing . |
| 24 | I wanted to be sure that I was doing the right thing and would n't regret it . |
| 25 | A new set of feelings about the baby had begun to emerge since I had nearly lost it , and I wanted to be sure that they were going to take root before I risked dispersing them with talk . |
| 26 | I was worried about you , I wanted to be sure you were all right . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ There are two reasons why I wanted to be sure that I met up with you after school today . ’ |
| 28 | When he did not speak , but just jerked his head as if a fly had buzzed near his ear and irritated him , when he did not greet her , not even by name , let alone with the caressing words she had so often uttered in her games of make-believe , Rosa began , murmuringly , ‘ I did n't know when to come down , I wanted to be sure no one was awake … . ’ |
| 29 | I wanted to be sure of you , you see . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I wanted to be sure you were in . |