Example sentences of "in [noun] [pron] [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , we 're not supposed to start till five past , so let's give them a couple more minutes just in case they 're caught in the lift or something . |
| 2 | frantic , man In case they 're gon na Nuke us Tae the back of |
| 3 | Another implication of this advice is that teachers need not begin keeping cupboards full of evidence from every pupil over three year periods in case they are selected for a random sample check on teacher assessments . |
| 4 | British Rail trains travelling in remote areas of Scotland carry Mars bars in their emergency packs in case they are stranded in snow . |
| 5 | DARLINGTON police have warned gardeners not to leave tools out at night in case they are used for crime . |
| 6 | They are too scared to hug them in case that innocent action is misinterpreted , and too scared to smack them when they do wrong in case they are accused of assault . |
| 7 | I bought that along with me , just in case they were gon na . |
| 8 | And he checked and then he went So I took the bags off the pillows in case they were sweating in the bags and I put them out on the seats . |
| 9 | We were all made very wary by this brush with authority and Frankie even refused to go out with Dad that night in case they were spotted by the parish man . |
| 10 | I wanter to make sure I was properly covered , not only in case of damage to the car , but in case something were to happen to me too . ’ |
| 11 | However Mr Stevens ' visit to Belfast and his trip to see Nelson has prompted speculation that he was asked by Sir Hugh to go over details of the Finucane murder again with Nelson in case something was overlooked in the original investigation . |
| 12 | Just in case you 're tempted by knockdown prices on old style monitors , by the way , you should bear in mind that in four years time it will actually become illegal to use them at all at work . |
| 13 | in case you 're gon na be hungry you think well I 'll just have so and so and then it 's |
| 14 | Right well have those in case you 're climbing up the wall . |
| 15 | Just in case you are thinking of shouting ‘ Help ’ as you run down the street , do n't expect immediate results . |
| 16 | And in case you are thinking of reneging let me tell you that we 're gon na watch you . |
| 17 | ( In case you are wondering about the arithmetic , 19 per cent do n't have any preferences at all ! ) |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't call too soon , in case he 's intending to be fashionably late . |
| 19 | And Chelsea have refused Albion permission to field on-loan midfielder Alan Dickens in case he is required in later rounds of the competition at Stamford Bridge . |
| 20 | A Peruvian man with drug-resistant tuberculosis was advised to come to Britain for treatment , but warned not to bring any medication in case he was stopped at immigration . |
| 21 | He was almost afraid to fall asleep in case he was pulled from his bed in the middle of the night and thrashed . |
| 22 | The road was so bumpy Endill had to hold on tight in case he was thrown from his seat . |
| 23 | I pulled him away and tried to get him upstairs in case he was traumatized for life , but he kicked me in the balls . |
| 24 | Ashcroft , one of the brightest young middle distance runners in Britain , had the injection in case she is selected for the World Junior Championships in Seoul in September . |
| 25 | She turned the heavy , white porcelain door knob and pushed gently , then switched off the torch in case she was seen by someone at the back of the house , and entered the bedroom . |
| 26 | BELOW Clearing the modern deposits from an archaeological site is often done using a machine , with an archaeologist keeping watch in case anything is uncovered by the machine . |
| 27 | He took a look at the map in case anything was marked on it . |
| 28 | Madge Earley , 85 , said she dare not leave her house in Shakespeare Road , Darlington , in case it is ransacked by teenage vandals . |
| 29 | The tenant may be wary of this in case it is used by the landlord to remove the tenant ( in a buoyant market ) but any dilatoriness on the part of the landlord in reinstating where none of the supervening events applies could be seized upon by the tenant . |
| 30 | However , Lib Dem group leader Tom Dale said it was vital £2.2 million reserves were not touched in case it was needed for emergencies . |