Example sentences of "sure i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't sure I could do it justice and he was n't sure either . |
| 2 | Someone recently said to me ‘ I 'm gradually getting over the death of my husband , but if I had realized all the extra work I would have I 'm not sure I could have coped . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sure I could get used to it though . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure I could interest you in something better than Franco 's usual offering . ’ |
| 5 | With a companion I am sure I could have doubled the catch . |
| 6 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |
| 7 | Not sure I could recognize the murderer again anyway . |
| 8 | I 'm not sure I could ever learn to use one . ’ |
| 9 | I 've never been in one but I 've read so much about how to do it I 'm sure I could manage it . ’ |
| 10 | Someone enquired as to the price of the SB305 whilst I was playing it ; to their great surprise I told them £395 , but I 'm sure I could have put a ‘ 1 ’ in front of that figure and it would n't have raised an eyebrow . |
| 11 | Dawyck said he was sure I could claim on my insurance . |
| 12 | ‘ I am sure I could have done it better . |
| 13 | I wanted to be sure I could establish myself , become ‘ somebody ’ , before I told him what I was doing . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I trained tremendously hard and felt sure I could beat anyone in the world . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm sure I could , ’ I blearily replied . |
| 16 | This might have been because he 'd been kept in an aviary and not given enough exercise , and i felt sure I could put that right . |
| 17 | I 'M SURE I COULD . |
| 18 | And as the ship freed herself from the mule-lines and her screw began to chum up a wake of umber , sludgy water , and she picked up speed towards the marker buoys and the farewell beacon on Flamenco Island , I was sure I could see the seamen still , pointing their cameras back — now with long lenses all — towards the statue of Balboa which stands on the Panama City seafront , with the great man gazing out at the Ocean into which the Poles were now , at long last , sailing . |
| 19 | But between you and me , I 'm not sure I could have managed . |
| 20 | I 'm not sure I could stand shlapping up and down to that bloody clinic time and time again . |
| 21 | ‘ There are many things I am sure I could say , Mr Thabane , ’ I said . |
| 22 | But I was n't at all sure I could carry it off . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , actually , I was n't sure I could n't then . |
| 24 | My God , I was n't at all sure I could trust myself ! |
| 25 | At least you did ; I 'm not sure I could . ’ |
| 26 | I walk into the terminal thinking , Well , at least there is n't that smell of sewage around you sometimes get when you arrive in dear old Embra ; I 'm not sure I could handle that right now . |
| 27 | They were sure I could expect a large present from her , either before or after her death . |
| 28 | When he noticed me , he immediately called to the waiter , making sure I could hear , ‘ Listen , you ! |
| 29 | I am sure I could sting this town 's senile pensioners for a couple of quid , by selling them the old tea hut as firewood . |
| 30 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |