Example sentences of "he [verb] for certain " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only then would he know for certain that it had really happened , and that he would have to take some action . |
| 2 | He votes for certain policies , and — save in presidential systems — for a government ; a serious one , not a bunch of clowns . |
| 3 | That was the only thing he knew for certain about himself . |
| 4 | When he knew for certain that a particular shooting or explosion was due to the very cell that he controlled , he consoled himself that it was the will of Allah . |
| 5 | The only thing he knew for certain was that the law forbade the Trunchbull to hit him with the riding-crop that she kept smacking against her thigh . |
| 6 | It was then he knew for certain that the oriental he had just shot was not the one from whom he had wanted to exact retribution for injuring Pam — because at the other end of the corridor he found himself looking into the glittering black eyes of his hated enemy , Angel One . |