Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] certain [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The [ Son-of-Sam ] statute represents a response to the outrage expressed by the public at an offender 's ability to profit from his wrong ; but what publisher could contract with an offender if he were not certain that the public 's response to the offender 's story would generate enough profit to make his efforts worthwhile ? ’ |
| 2 | Then , of course , there was Edmund Halley , he of comet fame — he was equally certain that the flooding had been caused by a passing comet . |
| 3 | Now he was equally certain that Alain Gebrec 's death was suicide . |
| 4 | He was n't certain that Emily had n't forged ahead a stage or two . |
| 5 | He knew exactly what she was offering him then ; and he was fairly certain that she knew , too . |
| 6 | He was almost certain that he had found him , that he could say , ‘ Our McCloy was here , ’ and yet what had he achieved but dredge up a tiny segment of McCloy 's life ? |
| 7 | He was almost certain that it belonged to Maidstone but he would newer leave half a glass of wine behind , surely . |
| 8 | He revealed earlier that he was almost certain that the two youths on the security video killed James . |
| 9 | He had met Rose , recognised what she was , and guessed why she was going up West , and what for , and he was suddenly certain that while McAllister might be a member of a sophisticated society she knew little of the world that Rose Bailey lived in . |
| 10 | He said that after more than two years of searching through war documents he was now certain that he flew from Klagenfurt on 22 May . |