"Only if you've never seen it before," the captain assured him.

"I'm sure they will be just fine," the captain assured him.

"They're there," the captain assured him, having already resigned himself to the fact.

"It would have been impossible for anyone to get in or out, except through the gate," the captain assured him.

"The captain assures me it is 'a long story,' which he will explain fully in his report."

That's what I meant to say," the captain assured him.

But if we find out you are trying to deceive us- "We're not," the captain assured him.

"There are no Arabs on my crew," the captain assured him.

"The wizard has ways to escape the storm," the captain assured the others.

The captain had assured him there were plenty of accessible beaches beyond it.