Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] case [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crept stealthily along the gallery , not daring to put on a light in case she should wake Luke , past his room , feeling carefully in the half-darkness . |
| 2 | I did not switch on the light in case it should dazzle her . |
| 3 | I hung on , keeping one eye on Neil in case I could help him , and the other on Stormy Petrel . |
| 4 | Loretta , who was ignorant of the etiquette attached to these affairs , had been on tenterhooks throughout tea in case anyone should ask her to dance . |
| 5 | When Mr Steen rang on Friday afternoon to say he was n't certain whether or not he was returning to London at the weekend , she had checked the petrol in the car in case he might want it . |
| 6 | He slapped her , swiftly and casually , his hand coming back to cover her mouth in case she might cry out . |
| 7 | If there was anything she could n't cope with herself she would ask Mossy Rooney , a man of such silence and discretion that he found it hard to reveal his own name in case it might incriminate someone . |
| 8 | They are in no particular order and I will include little snippets in case anybody should want to hear any of the perhaps less familiar tracks … |
| 9 | I woke up frightened at having my knife and pill-bottles in the tent in case I should end my life during my night 's sleep . |
| 10 | And then you , Sir John ! lust in case I should forget , or withdraw , or hide behind my church walls , you are here , ready to lead me along the streets , remind me that there is no escape from murder , from witnessing the greatest sin of all — a man slaying his brother ! ’ |
| 11 | They began following its twisting route , keeping close to the cover of the trees in case they should meet with any oncoming sect vehicle going to relieve or check up on their outside patrol . |
| 12 | Certain people , perhaps because they were friendly with one doctor but held a higher opinion of the professional ability of the other , took to carrying cards in their pockets which gave the relevant instructions in case they should find themselves too far gone to claim the doctor they wanted . |
| 13 | I asked , stepping sideways to avoid a brace of female traffic wardens and smiling my best smile as a talisman in case they should visit Golden Square . |
| 14 | Old people in particular often ensure each night before they go to bed that their house is tidy and their last instructions are by their bed in case they should die in the night and someone will have to find them in the morning . |
| 15 | ‘ I had never met the man , but a friend had given him my number in case he could help me with my research , ’ says Lynsey . |
| 16 | He had left that morning , to stay with his Glasgow friends ; and yes , he had left the Glasgow number in case I should call . |
| 17 | Yeremi glanced at the Sergeant in case he might chastise d'Arquebus . |
| 18 | One nurse described how she always knocks at the door of a private room if there is a terminally ill patient in case she should catch them crying . |