Example sentences of "have [verb] sure that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No — he would have to make sure that no breast meat came Donald 's way . |
| 2 | It seemed rather typical of her luck that she had ended up with the wrong sort of cat , and she could n't help wondering if Miss Hardbroom had made sure that the misfit kitten had been given to Mildred , rather than someone like Ethel . |
| 3 | First though he had to make sure that the person he burned to confront was in fact there . |
| 4 | Mind you , it meant that the bridewell sergeant had to make sure that the surgeon was on duty to sew their heads up , a few stitches , 'cos you had to sew their heads up . |
| 5 | For the chief sub-editor , Daniel Vernet , it has not been an easy transition : ‘ We had to make sure that the paper read as a single publication , but that each section stood up on its own , while avoiding undue repetition , ’ he explains . |
| 6 | A publican had to make sure that the gift was not too obvious . |
| 7 | ‘ I would never set out in life to assassinate anybody , but some people have made sure that the mud will stick to me . ’ |
| 8 | And so the A N C has to make sure that while it works for the aspirations of its people it must also protect the country and I 'm afraid in this context it means it has through negotiations and other means also conceded made concessions in order to save the situation and the only organization that is now working for the national interest even losing its own supporters in the country is basically the A N C and it 's quite a remarkable thing to see that leaders are prepared to l lose political support because they have to make sure that the country does n't . |
| 9 | You have to make sure that the period of the regular payments is measured in the same unit of time as the interest and the term . |
| 10 | If the speaker is going to refer to headings on a blackboard , or diagrams on an Overhead Projector you have to make sure that the viewer too can refer to them . |