Example sentences of "sure that i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 In fact I was sure that I knew who it was , and I thought Mala must be too .
2 They must have wrecked the car to make sure that I understood they meant business . ’
3 And I find it hard to believe , because first of all you have to understand the word ‘ intelligent ’ in the way he meant it and I 'm not sure that I know what he meant ; and there are any number of ways of being intelligent .
4 I am not precisely sure that I know what the right hon. Gentleman had in mind on sentencing policy , but I am happy to engage in exchanges outside .
5 I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch .
6 He seems to have known enough about ordinary medicine — and perhaps still have had the contacts within the profession — to make sure that I got my inoculations and injections at the correct times in my life , despite my official non-existence as far as the National Health Service is concerned .
7 Summarize what the candidate said to make sure that I got it right ?
8 ‘ I 'm not sure that I like it , ’ said the King .
9 I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime .
10 There are also times when we need to ensure that we understand what is being said , and this can be done by asking simple questions or making comments which help elucidate or develop what the counsellee is saying , such as , ‘ So you think that … ’ , or ‘ You mean that … ‘ , or even ‘ I 'm not sure that I follow what you mean …
11 In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April .
12 Quite sure that I love him .
13 I shall make sure that I send him a copy of my speech tomorrow , which will give detail after detail of what is actually taking place in the valleys .
14 I will make sure that I meet you but I shall pretend that I have never seen you before .
15 The time I have available to practise is my sacred time and I make sure that I accomplish everything I set out to do .
16 President of er has warned that there could be a real and serious civil war and the conflict that there is between Armenian people and Azerbaijan , I 'm not sure that I understand it , but I suppose it has some similarities to so many other conflicts we see around the world , Northern Ireland , er Yugoslavia , just , it goes back hundreds of years and .
17 ‘ Maybe not , but if I were you , Miss Williams , I 'd make sure that I confined myself to facts in future , and the most pressing one of all is the fact that someone in this town is annoyed with you ! ’
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