Example sentences of "just [prep] case [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , we were n't having that , so we stood around , we said ‘ Well , we thought we 'd just wait around a little bit , you know , just in case they might want to say goodbye to us . ’ |
| 2 | The way ‘ civilisations ’ had to make their mark , just in case they might disappear without trace . |
| 3 | If they want their own snappy one they would , you 're quite right , it 's not necessarily handing them the bad one on a plate just in case they might use it . |
| 4 | They did n't tell her that they wanted to see whether it was still empty , just in case they could have it for Brownie Pack Meetings . |
| 5 | Both girls quickly turned their faces away , just in case he would want to take revenge on them later for having witnessed his humiliation . |
| 6 | ‘ I had ridden Ile de Bourbon for trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton in all of his home gallops and also won on the colt in the King Edward VII stakes at Royal Ascot but when Piggott asked me had the horse made any improvement from then and before the big King George race I had to tell him that I was unaware of it just in case he might want to take over . |
| 7 | It clearly precludes the collection of data for its own sake , or just in case it might turn out to be useful ; and it requires that information shall be kept for only as long as it remains relevant . |
| 8 | I know that , were it not for Pa , she would not only feed it in her own bed , but have the thing sleeping there with them , in the same room as them , all night , just in case it should wake wanting more . |
| 9 | ‘ Just in case you should get homesick . ’ |
| 10 | I spend my life in supermarkets — buying food I 'll probably never eat , but buy just in case I might want to eat it . |
| 11 | And just in case I may say things I 'll be sorry for , I 'd better not go on , except for one last word . |