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I want to make sure things are done as they should be.
The way you feel is no sure thing to go on.
It would have been a sure thing to hit them.
"We just wanted to make sure things were different today."
"Will you look in on her sometimes and make sure things are all right?"
I tried to sound as if it was a sure thing.
He was supposed to be a sure thing by now.
That does not mean the deal is anything close to a sure thing.
I'm sure things have been done that we probably will never know about.
The better to make sure things got done the tree god's way.
"And for a while it looked as if they had a sure thing."
I say seems because nothing is a sure thing when it comes to this guy.
The play had all the promise of a sure thing.
I work in the background, make sure things get done.
It was a sure thing they never heard such talk directly.
"I know, but I'm sure things will work out for the best no matter where we are."
In a week of research, I have yet to find one "sure thing."
It also brought him in to make sure things went the way they were supposed to.
The bid was seen as far from a sure thing.
To have gotten this far was not a sure thing.
In many states approval was far from a sure thing.
What was once a sure thing became much more competitive.
No one committed that much money without a sure thing.
Anyway, we think of this one as being a really sure thing.
There was only one sure thing she could really count on now.