Example sentences of "you [verb] [prep] [be] sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to be sure of having deterred the enemy , you have to fire first . |
| 2 | When you have reached the prime of life and acquired a home and possessions to be proud of , you want to be sure that you have reliable insurance — but at a price that you feel recognises and rewards the care that you take . |
| 3 | But you want to be sure that your parents get to hear as soon as possible that you are safe , do n't you ? … |
| 4 | And these are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself if you want to be sure of financial security ! |
| 5 | If you want to be sure of the presence of another rabbit , put more pressure on the line and the ferret will then emerge . |
| 6 | You could get pieces of glass — you wo n't , but you want to be sure . |
| 7 | At the end of the day , you want to be sure . ’ |
| 8 | But there may be occasions when you want to be sure that every child has an appropriate role . |
| 9 | You want to be sure of |
| 10 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 11 | Are you going to be sure that that money is available to provide for this . |
| 12 | You had to be sure that she had convictions as a prostitute — first loitering and then prostitution and then finer points came up over suspected persons . |
| 13 | ‘ With Lime Grove then , if you were planning a long shot from any particular place you had to be sure the camera could physically get to that exact spot to take it . |
| 14 | Mike was an excellent shot at short and long distances and taught me how to control my weapon , how to change magazines with a simple wrist flick operation , and where it was best to hit a person if you wanted to be sure of incapacitating him . |
| 15 | Anyway , I thought you wanted to be sure about who was organizing it . ’ |
| 16 | Now that we have the practice of dustmen only collecting plastic bags that you have to place outside your residence , you have to be sure that you are capable of doing that . |
| 17 | With this trick you have to be sure you have chosen the right person and moment ! |
| 18 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 19 | If you have to be sure before you dare open your mouth , most people are going to stay quiet . |
| 20 | People are actually inclined to run when they feel threatened or frightened , and you have to be sure that if you leave it is not on the basis of that weakness . ’ |
| 21 | I , I think you have to be sure |
| 22 | Do n't say , ‘ Oh , if we have a wine and cheese party , it 'll bring something in ’ , when you need to be sure of raising £300 . |
| 23 | A solicitor well versed in employment law or a freelance personnel expert may be able to help , although you will be charged for their services and you need to be sure that they have a feet-on-the-ground approach in addition to technical competence . |
| 24 | Also , you need to be sure that your second home is reasonably accessible and that the cost does not overburden you . |
| 25 | The same applies if you do creative work where you need to be sure you have the tools to accomplish dramatic effects . |
| 26 | If you are unable to find a frame where the substitution items are inserted utterance medially , you need to be sure to check all substitution items with a following frame as well as a preceding one , as the utterance final tone of the substitution item may differ from its basic tone . |
| 27 | You need to be sure that the structure you plan to practice is a genuine structure in the language . |
| 28 | To move from the card that is already in your machine to any accelerated card , you need to be sure that it is going to do what you want it to do . |
| 29 | On the same physical ( or pseudo ) device as the Process Directory , LIFESPAN also keeps its working directories , so you need to be sure you have sufficient space on the chosen disk for these as well as the database . |