Example sentences of "i can assure " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , apart from the potted shrimps I think I can assure you , Inspector , that one way and another all the other dishes were shared . ’ |
| 2 | Well , I can assure you that if you were to go and look it up , you 'd find complaints against policemen in Easton . |
| 3 | I can assure Solzhenitsyn that the method works admirably , ‘ right ’ or ‘ no right ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I can assure you , ’ he told Tom Driberg , ‘ that if I was left as free a hand in French Indochina and the Netherlands East Indies as I was left in Burma , I could solve both these problems by the same methods ; though it is heartbreaking to have to leave the political control to other nations when we are really in military control . ’ |
| 5 | But I can assure you appropriate action will be taken when we have found the guilty party … ’ |
| 6 | I was worried about the latter but I can assure you here that there is little cause for concern . |
| 7 | I can assure the House that finance will not stand in the way of implementation of the report . ’ |
| 8 | But he promised : ‘ I can assure the House that finance will not stand in the way of the implementation of the report . ’ |
| 9 | The man regarded by Peter Swales , at Manchester City , as a little dull , introduced himself at Oakwell by saying : ‘ It may take a little time , but I can assure you that we will get promotion within three years . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ he has written , ‘ some western writers are longing for subjects provided by violent historical change , but I can assure [ them$ that we , ie , natives of hazy Eastern regions , perceive history as a curse and prefer to restore to literature its autonomy , dignity and independence from social pressures . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And I can assure you that he is my old friend Spiggy Meu . |
| 12 | Not all of this man 's behaviour has yet been revealed , of course , but I can assure you that there is one incident to come which in itself justifies almost any degree of the pain that has so far been applied to his brain and his skin and his bones . |
| 13 | If you do , I can assure you we shall be in your debt and we shall play for you as though you were Mahler himself . ’ |
| 14 | But you do n't need to be fast to beat a Russian 's footwork , I can assure you . ’ |
| 15 | They 'll be bargains , I can assure you . ’ |
| 16 | His holiday has just ended , I can assure you . ’ |
| 17 | I have lived in many parts of America , and I can assure you all that Hawaii is as breathtaking as you imagine , that the charm of the Old South is living on in Charleston , and that colonial America will come alive in the small towns of New England , particularly in the autumn when , in the words of Henry James , the ‘ weather is like tinkling crystal and the colours like molten jewels . ’ |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the director of quality for the new Anglian Water plc , Peter Matthews , told the press , ‘ I can assure all our consumers that the water we are providing from the reservoir is absolutely safe to drink . ’ |
| 19 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Not as dangerous as it was last night , I can assure you . ’ |
| 21 | I can assure you we do ! ’ |
| 22 | I can assure you , from some very solid experience , it 's asking for trouble to be obstructive . ’ |
| 23 | I can assure you , I hold no brief for these wretched people , but as I said , I have had some experience — ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I can assure you this woman is what she appears — an intelligent scientist untrammeled by the usual preoccupations of women . ’ |
| 25 | I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment ! |
| 26 | ‘ I can assure you that I have no political motives whatsoever . |
| 27 | ‘ And I can assure you there is n't a hope in hell of getting access . |
| 28 | You can say anything in front of Stevens , I can assure you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Your intentions have little to do with it , I can assure you of that . ’ |
| 30 | But , when we think of him today , which I can assure you we do , we think of those left behind . |