Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's been his main stock in trade I suppose — he 's always just ahead with what he says . ’ |
| 2 | After the episode in Gerar it is not rescinded . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was so frightened he would n't let the driver go across a green light in case he hit Red and the twins coming the other way . ’ |
| 5 | Her own preference was for retracing Maurice 's route at first light in case he had suffered a breakdown or been involved in an accident . |
| 6 | I did not switch on the light in case it should dazzle her . |
| 7 | He probably tried the door to the house , found that unlocked as well and picked up the hammer in case he was disturbed . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't want to bump too hard against the plane 's fuselage in case we do actually come into contact with it . |
| 9 | I think you 'd better take your Scots Park jumper and your red cardigan in case you manage to spill |
| 10 | Answer guide : The point being illustrated here is that although we have been told the finite life of the machine and we are aware of the reasons for the loss in utility we still have to make estimates of when the machine will cease to be useful . |
| 11 | In order to understand the basis of Oakeshott 's critique of Rationalism in politics we must appreciate its epistemological roots . |
| 12 | So it 's still me agreeing , because otherwise they di , they 're taking control off you , and it 's no good in business it 's not is it ? fighting for control , but it 's as long as you 're both fighting and both happy about fighting for it , that 's fine . |
| 13 | Donna dared not settle herself too comfortably into her seat in case she dozed off . |
| 14 | ( The soldier in uniform they did n't consider as other than a walking rifle . ) |
| 15 | I allowed Thursday as my backstop in case I have n't got my eleven . |
| 16 | To keep my mind in check I decided to remember the journey here ( a cavernous train with wooden seats ) or the flight to Riga ( alarmingly , the roof leaked ) , but I could n't help falling into the mental free-form that this placed allowed . |
| 17 | He 's out of his mind in case you 've had an accident or something , but he could n't come after you because he was due back at the hospital for a clinic . ’ |
| 18 | The unpredictability of being on duty , the anxiety arising out of being unsure whether anything substantial is going to happen and being in a constant state of readiness in case it does , is one of the stresses associated with duty periods and referral and investigative work generally . |
| 19 | This can actually produce those distressing occasions when , for example , a husband and wife are sitting there looking at each other , the dying one trying very hard to get on and die because they understand everyone is waiting for them to do so , and the survivor trapped with their feelings of guilt about wishing their relative would die , whilst at the same time not being able to leave the person 's side in case they miss the moment . |
| 20 | Plum cake and cheese and a mug of strong , black tea in case you were still falling apart . |
| 21 | An emergency dental treatment kit from Dentanurse UK Ltd ( £8.80 including p&p ) , which includes a sterile needle to fit any syringe in case you need urgent dental treatment |
| 22 | In the past , many researchers have tended to underplay the problems that arose in the process of research in case they affected the evaluation of their results , although there have been a few ex post disclosures in books intended to show social research as often a messy enterprise ( Bell and Newby 1977 ; Bell and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 23 | Some golfers are afraid to transfer the weight in case they can not get back to the ball at impact . |
| 24 | pick fault in way I talk well I do n't think to hear |
| 25 | My children do n't like me going out after dark in case I get stabbed again . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | That car in front I du n no , he was waving , I just hope it was n't waving at us . |
| 28 | Then I drove into his space well then somebody else came and drove in behind me and the car in front then was sort of , oh yeah , then somebody else came and reversed in in front of him , so the car in front it was across the drive was boxed in by this time , I did n't box him in I just |
| 29 | With this criterion in mind she 'd picked a neat black cotton dress , short-sleeved and V-necked . |
| 30 | My mother always told me to put on clean underwear in case I got knocked over and taken to hospital , but the possibility that someone 's drunken wife might decide to revenge herself on her husband by going down on me was not a scenario we had ever discussed . |