Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] in [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said he wished me luck in case he did n't get the chance today . |
| 2 | I myself put my faith in diazepam I 've got gram diazepam which is very slight , very small dose and is enough just to stop you caring so much about whatever it is that 's really bugging you . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I allowed Thursday as my backstop in case I have n't got my eleven . |
| 5 | ‘ When I left my home in Stellenbosch it was almost 30C , but when I arrived in Japan it was very , very cold . |
| 6 | I have n't told my husband in case he decides to up his score . |
| 7 | In my maths in school we just finished them on the last day . |
| 8 | The bad yellow-eyed woman made me take my toothbrush in case I got carted off to pokey . |
| 9 | As director of social services for the London borough of Hillingdon I knew of the work with refugees in my role in Hillingdon I was responsible for services for child arrivals at Heathrow airport and I worked closely with Save The Children on the successful effort to get specific recognition for asylum seeking children in the asylum and immigration appeals act . |
| 10 | We swayed down the long baggage car , which was half empty of freight and very noisy , and George , having told me to remove and lay aside my waistcoat in case I got oil on it , unlocked the door at the far end . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat . |
| 13 | On my birthday in November we again lobbied the guards to have the radio for the day . |
| 14 | During my year in office I want every solicitor to reflect on how his or her work serves the community and consider whether there is anything more they may wish to do in their practices , their local communities or their home lives which would widen their contribution . ’ |
| 15 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 16 | From the foregoing , you will see that my experience , and hence the bulk of this talk , revolves around engineering applications although for the last 9 months of my time in post I also was responsible for supply aspects of AI and I will cover this briefly . |
| 17 | Hence , during my time in post I have made a positive effort to spread the gospel of AI within at least the Engineering Branch . |
| 18 | Finally , during my time in post I have lectured to every one of the Senior Engineering Management courses that have been carried out at RAF Cranwell . |
| 19 | After her experience in Africa she could almost do that standing on her head . |
| 20 | Donna dared not settle herself too comfortably into her seat in case she dozed off . |
| 21 | At its HQ in Aldershot it runs various PT courses and trains instructors who are then sent world-wide to maintain standards of fitness in every unit of the British Army . |
| 22 | He slapped her , swiftly and casually , his hand coming back to cover her mouth in case she might cry out . |
| 23 | Partly due to their systematic exclusion , but also as a matter of choice , feminist artists increasingly preferred to display their work in settings they considered more appropriate to their desire to participate in the more public/political debates of feminism and a recognition of art as a communicative medium . |
| 24 | Even now for a Pakistani , Indian or Bangladeshi woman waiting to join her husband in Britain it is not a matter of getting a ticket and boarding a plane . |
| 25 | If you speak to someone in the department ask it you can have their name in case you need to telephone again ; |
| 26 | During its making in Londonderry she was arrested and questioned about IRA involvement but released without charge . |
| 27 | She stood , catching her breath , holding her head in case it fell off . |
| 28 | I was going to say , I wo n't mention her name in case she 's run out of . |
| 29 | It means if we had that spending assessment and our costs , instead of the listeners getting a bill for four hundred pounds in their letterbox in May they would get a cheque for over five hundred pounds . |
| 30 | All have certain basic characters and in order to understand their role in development it is helpful to be aware of four cell activities , three cell structures , and two main kinds of molecule . |