Example sentences of "sure [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | The oldest of the fishermen , grey of head and wearing his false teeth on a string round his neck , spat in the sand and said , ‘ Trent , boy , you take them men , you make damn sure them pay cash money . ’ |
2 | I 'm sure them long hairs , get them round his mouth , I 'm sure they got in his mouth when he was sleeping , cos he always sleeps on his back |
3 | He 's looking all around as it of make sure thee 's no one here . |
4 | Like any political arriviste , he could not be sure whom he should trust among his colleagues , but the faction-fights of the previous thirty years must have taught Ceauşescu that in the Romanian Communist Party ideological affinity or even past services counted for little . |
5 | As Dana Gillespie recalls , ‘ I 'm sure everyone 's got a different version of it , and I really did n't witness any rows , but I would often hear from my assistant who would tell me he 'd just come back from MainMan offices and the door was closed into DeFries 's inner sanctum , and there were raised voices between David and him in there . |
6 | The latter will end by confirming or rejecting the original theory , but humans , being what they are , will usually manage to prove themselves right and join some kind of inquisition to make sure everyone else is proved right too . |
7 | Occasionally Group Captain Bennett would poke his nose in to make sure everyone was getting on with the job and not larking about . |
8 | Make sure everyone has a chance to have their say but be prepared to use your judgement when it comes to deciding when action should be taken . |
9 | I 'm sure everyone 's familiar with the roundback or bowl design pioneered by Ovation and successfully used by them in their electro-acoustic guitars . |
10 | But he added : ‘ First and foremost , I 'm a professional footballer and I make sure everyone knows that . |
11 | Make sure everyone 's fully aware of kidnap drill . |
12 | Make sure everyone in the family is treated at the same time . |
13 | He glanced around to make sure everyone was listening and had a good view , and then he continued . |
14 | Make sure everyone in the family knows what to do if a fire does start , especially at night . |
15 | My na mes Tom and I 'm chairman of the trust , have Roy who is chairman of the management committee , Ron is vice who who who 's vice chair of the board , Gordon I 'm sure everyone knows is the general manager and John who is the company 's secretary . |
16 | Alice undertook most of this ; but Bert visited the branch in South London to make sure everyone would be inspired to come . |
17 | Certainly there should be an academic library committee on which the librarian sits to discuss its operational use and stocking , but for the mechanical organisation of a busy library it is absolutely essential that there should be a qualified librarian off the teaching establishment in every major secondary school … and I 'm sure everyone thinks the same . |
18 | However , I am sure everyone would agree that the proof of 1.4.4 is much , much sweeter , the proof based on the Euclidean Algorithm being somewhat ungainly . |
19 | And now I 'm going back to the warren to make sure everyone else is finished with you as well . |
20 | Greenpeace have a meeting somewhere I 'm sure everyone goes there by car . |
21 | Violette paused to make sure everyone 's interest had reached an appropriate pitch . |
22 | I 'm sure everyone in the office guesses . ’ |
23 | ‘ Barratt was there , ’ says Howard , ‘ making sure everyone knew he 'd just had lunch with God . ’ |
24 | During free time she would make sure everyone had sufficient to do . |
25 | I 'm sure everyone will appreciate the extra detail you 've given us . |
26 | Really , I 'm sure everyone should congratulate you ! ’ |
27 | WWF has joined forces with other organisations interested in elephant conservation to make sure everyone works together as effectively as possible . |
28 | She likes to make sure everyone knows exactly where the pain is , how long it goes on for and whether it 's burning , stabbing , singeing or a combination of all three . |
29 | Well done , that was absolutely first rate , I mean erm , it was a difficult er , task you had , especially as the book was n't in the library , of which I am deeply apologetic , because I thought it was , and er , I thought you er , you coped with a very difficult assignment extremely well , and I think you can have an extra and I 'm sure everyone else thinks so too . |
30 | However , I 'm sure everyone around the table will be conscious that one of the things the panel has a duty to do is to consider what is in the light of national guidance . |