Example sentences of "knew for sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing we knew for sure — beyond here was the unknown , and it looked big . |
| 2 | You never knew for sure … |
| 3 | No-one in London knew for sure yesterday , though on Saturday evening Coker said he would be available , jet-lag permitting . |
| 4 | This is that area of physical life which is associated with sickness and health ; an area wherein the interplay between the subconscious healing operations of the bodily functions , on the one hand , and the power of the human mind or will to help those functions on the other , would offer immense possibilities for medical practice if the practitioner knew for sure that in the mind of the patient there was the certain knowledge that successful self-help generated from faith in a fully believed-in ‘ god ’ could be achieved . |
| 5 | Patrick was three months old when Sarah knew for sure that she would have James 's child before the year was out . |
| 6 | None of them knew for sure — except James Lambert . |
| 7 | He said he did n't really know ; it was all so bloody complicated , all he knew for sure was there were two types , aggressive and non-aggressive ; one was curable and one was n't and he — thank God — had the one that was . |
| 8 | She said : ‘ It was an agonising wait until I knew for sure . ’ |
| 9 | Of course , rumours abounded about what went on behind the barriers which prevented the common people from entering the districts where the Communist élite lived , but no one knew for sure . |
| 10 | No film star , director , or anyone connected with the business , knew for sure who was hiding where and checking on their lives and loves . |
| 11 | You never knew for sure what Frank was thinking . |
| 12 | Then , when Pascoe saw Singer leave the hotel , he knew for sure . |
| 13 | It had hardly seemed possible before : but now he knew for sure . |
| 14 | I told her she was telling porkies because I knew for sure that God put it there as a sign he was never going to drown us all again or otherwise wreck the planet . |
| 15 | That was about the only other thing she knew for sure . |
| 16 | She knew for sure that one contained the means to finding the Grimoire . |
| 17 | ’ All he knew for sure was that the stuff went off-planet . |
| 18 | When I knew for sure where you were I came to England alone . |
| 19 | One thing she knew for sure : Alain would be married long before she was . |
| 20 | Suddenly she was ravenous , and she knew for sure that the cupboard held only labour-intensive proper food . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps not , ’ Travis agreed , then said how he 'd dearly love to ring Rosemary at her parents ' home , but that he knew for sure that he could definitely give up even the frail hope he had left of sharing his life with Rosemary if he did that . |