Example sentences of "make sure [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The castle took most of the honey and wax , but Ruari and Mairi naturally made sure they kept a fair bit to barter with their crofting neighbours for oats . |
| 2 | The old , the poor , the sick , the homeless and the animals certainly do n't deserve another five years of Tory rule , but the I 'm all right Jacks have made sure they are getting it . |
| 3 | It 's my fault ; I should 've made sure we talked about her , once you were older . |
| 4 | Our National President , Steve Gauld , closed the Convention and we offered our thanks and gratitude to all those who had made the weekend such a success , to Tim Cain who kept all the sessions to time ; to the exhibitors who supported us so well ; to all the members and outside speakers who made presentations ; to the staff of Keele University who served us so well in all areas ; and to Joe Bennett who organised the whole thing , sorted out the speakers , took our bookings and generally made sure it all went well . |
| 5 | ‘ But if you were trying to keep it secret you should have made sure you bribed your porter not to talk . ’ |
| 6 | Part of him was coldly aware of the bulge in Doyle 's pocket — the gun which had made sure he would not scream and beg for help . |
| 7 | But he 'd made sure he knew where the quarry lived . |
| 8 | She had made sure he had a word with Robert . |
| 9 | Quigley had made sure he had stopped hitting me as soon as he heard her on the stairs . |
| 10 | A neighbour had made sure he was awake ; there was no alarm clock at home . |
| 11 | Mary 's self-seeking dandy courtiers soon made sure she signed it . |
| 12 | She said the Queen and somebody else made sure she knew I was in Famagusta . |
| 13 | He had sat with her in the long dark evenings , had made sure she ate at mealtimes . |
| 14 | But perhaps she ought to have made sure she told him to see his own doctor as soon as he got home ? |
| 15 | She was so kind when I was orphaned , she always made sure I was fed by organizing a rota of other Girls ' mothers who took me in until I was fourteen ; otherwise I would have ended up in an orphanage . |
| 16 | As I was permanently hungry , he used to make enormous treacle puddings — it was the first time in my life I had heard of such a dish — and always made sure I got a big helping . |
| 17 | The point was , he 'd made sure I could n't sell it and blow the proceeds on some other scheme . |
| 18 | Thistle made sure they kept up the pressure on Alex Totten 's men by defeating Falkirk at Fir Hill , with Alan Dinnie scoring the winner . |
| 19 | Actually , I think it was at the opening of Pork because Andy came to the opening and David had that song on the ‘ Hunky Dory ’ album called ‘ Andy Warhol ’ , so we made sure they met . ’ |
| 20 | He watched over his players and made sure they knew he was doing so . |
| 21 | Other cabinet members made sure they were in the same position . |
| 22 | He also made sure they did n't go anywhere near Evelyn or Rose whom he took to be troublemakers . |
| 23 | In fact , he has continually made a point of recording that he was not a boy from the wrong side of the tracks , as some tried to indicate , but that his mother/grandmother made sure they were well provided for . |
| 24 | All the same , they made sure they lifted their legs as high as possible . |
| 25 | I kept them clean and well-dressed , made sure they ate the right things , had regular dental checks and all that , but some of my methods were unorthodox for the time . |
| 26 | Zoe , Hannah and Rebecca made sure they got into the picture too ! and the Bishop tested out his zuchetta for size on some of the smaller children , including Ryan ( left ) |
| 27 | They must have chased them out of the yard and made sure they took off in all directions . |
| 28 | She made sure they were the best dressed , the cleanest , the brainiest . |
| 29 | He made sure they were both tucked in and went to the door . |
| 30 | He invited scores of congressmen and journalists , civic officials and academics to visit Iran and made sure they were lavishly received and entertained . |