Example sentences of "it [to-vb] sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judging by the latest letter he had received from New York , care of Isobel Dawson , it was going to go up with a bang — there had been sufficient talk of banning it to make sure that everybody bought it , without any real danger that it would be banned from the bookstores . |
| 2 | " Surrrrlllyee-noloan ! " might have been the echo 's echo but an extremely-dirty-white-coloured Con-dis-corde melted through the flesh of my left ear lobe on its path to a tasty dish of stewed pound notes , and some of the cooks had chartered it to make sure it got there so I did n't receive the echo 's echo . |
| 3 | On her way back up the stairs she struck it to make sure it had petrol . |
| 4 | The eldest brother was lying under the tree , keeping guard over it to make sure nobody stole the fruit , while the other two took some pears to market . |
| 5 | And just check it to make sure . |
| 6 | Having walked back to the cottage , she put the ladder against the wall , then tested it to make sure it was firm . |
| 7 | Agrippa claimed he used it to make sure wine was free of poison , though I do n't think it was possible for Agrippa to die . |
| 8 | I want to read all of it to make sure that it appears in Hansard . |
| 9 | Crumbling masonry means the Dolphin Centre needs millions spending on it to make sure it is safe . |
| 10 | ‘ Please check your bonfire before lighting it to make sure no hedgehogs have hibernated there . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Please check the bonfire before lighting it to make sure no hedgehogs have hibernated there . ’ |
| 12 | I think he 's made it to make sure it did n't mend because he wants the |
| 13 | I 'm stirring it to make sure it 's hot enough . |
| 14 | Right , whose responsibility is it to make sure the copy of the final tables is kept . |
| 15 | The data comes in almost without intervention , fills in the pages , and someone just checks it to make sure it fits and erm that 's a great system . |