Example sentences of "[prep] case [pers pn] [modal v] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 2 | Clients also worry about discussing their troubles in case they may not be allowed treatment . |
| 3 | erm , he would n't leave in case they would n't let him back in after modernizing . |
| 4 | Their daughter had provided all the labour-saving devices : dishwasher , washing machine , spin-dryer , all housed in a disused still room near the back door , although until she came the Copleys had been reluctant to use them in case they could n't turn them off , visualizing the machines whirling away all night , overheating , blowing up , the whole rectory pulsating with an uncontrollable power . |
| 5 | Some golfers are afraid to transfer the weight in case they can not get back to the ball at impact . |
| 6 | [ Honeymoon , by the way , just in case you ca n't cut the etymological mustard , has only in recent times come to denote a nuptial holiday involving the purchase of duty-free goods and the taking of too many colour prints of exactly the same scene . |
| 7 | Erm there 's also a very strange statement in paragraph which says that the nineteen sixty eight act is intended to provide a network of sites to enable gypsies to move around or settle , but in practice many gypsies are settled on permanent sites and it seems to me that that is the logical result of having insufficient pitches in that if th you know there are n't enough pitches for you , you are not going to get up and go from a permanent that you 've been living on and move off in case you ca n't one somewhere else and that seems to be the inevitable logic of the government 's own failure to make sure that there is adequate provisions in local sites . |
| 8 | ‘ Just in case you ca n't read my handwriting , ’ he said , adding softly , ‘ I missed you yesterday , did you see Celia ? ’ |
| 9 | You could arrange a lift , but that 's in case you ca n't get a lift , that 's how long it takes you . |
| 10 | Just in case you ca n't tell the time . |
| 11 | I should think they in case you would n't have been there would they ? |
| 12 | We were worried in case you could n't get the band together . ’ |
| 13 | And in case you could n't quite work out what Jim 's message was , the billboard says it all . |
| 14 | Find out as much about the food requirements of your fish before you purchase them in case you can not provide the special diet required . |
| 15 | She felt as if she 'd uncovered a dark pit of long-buried feelings , and she was terrified of peering too far inside in case she could n't cope with the contents … |
| 16 | I opened it cautiously , only a crack , just in case it might not be my friend though I could think of no one else who would be here at this time of night . |
| 17 | So I thought well in case I ca n't get them anywhere else the market and he said well we 'll have one from here , twelve ninety nine . |
| 18 | Were these held in reserve in case I would n't be duped ? |
| 19 | I was always Because I started later i was always very sort of worried in case I would n't you know , get the thing right . |
| 20 | I pinned it to the corkboard with a red drawing pin and a light heart , and went upstairs again to change back into jodhpur boots to deal with the terrain and to pick up the map and the compass in case I could n't find the trail . |
| 21 | in case I could n't do the job |
| 22 | I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests ! |