Example sentences of "[prep] a case [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He poured it from a Victorian coffee pot waiting on a hotplate and launched into a description of a case he 'd just won punctuated by blasts of laughter and big gestures . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ The first time I heard of a case I could not believe it . |
| 3 | Sir James was reported as having called for a return of capital punishment , launched an attack on the parole system , favoured the abolition of the right to silence for accused persons , referred to a black person as a ‘ nig-nog ’ , and made a remark about ‘ murderous Sikhs ’ involved in a case he was hearing at the time . |
| 4 | ‘ Dottore , I strongly resent the assumption that anybody is in a position to dictate to me what is or is not relevant to a case I am investigating . |
| 5 | When he was starting on a case he used his car as little as possible . |
| 6 | Although he was no stranger to the town , now that he was on a case he was seeing it with new eyes . |