Example sentences of "in [noun] [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes me so angry — any one of them could have found something to rest that child on , but no , they all stand there in case they get blood on their hands and watch the child suffer — ’ |
| 2 | People were too scared to vote Labour in case they made things even worse . |
| 3 | Taking with him portly Dr Lloyd , a good surgeon from Guys who had joined us , and Dr Hill , in case they understood Spanish , our Medical Superintendent prepared to read the Riot Act . |
| 4 | The British Government have become spineless jellyfish who seem prepared to stand back and watch these Marxist death squads murdering their way through the people of Ulster not doing anything too ‘ adventurous ’ in case they upset friends in Dublin . |
| 5 | I worry all the time in case they tell Mum . |
| 6 | Turn them on their side and try not to leave them unattended in case they inhale vomit |
| 7 | ‘ We 've left it how we found it , ’ Rab said , ‘ in case ye want fingerprints . ’ |
| 8 | We dare not let ourselves make contact with it in case we lose control , and weep and weep without ever stopping . |
| 9 | I 've been keeping a watch in case we had visitors . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ This is Otto , ’ said his wife , in case we had doubts . |
| 11 | To make the shed easy to dismantle in case we moved house , the timbers were fixed with right-angled brackets , screwed between the roof timbers and the studs on the inside . |
| 12 | Guilty and hurt later and frightened in case you lose control |
| 13 | Just in case you got ideas . ’ |
| 14 | In case you missed Pete with his head in the clouds today , you can expect to see him topping the bill at air shows throughout the summer . |
| 15 | ‘ So I thought I would come round a little early , in case you needed advice . |
| 16 | I think for a bit about going to ask him how I get home but I do n't want to ask him in case he tells Mr Jackson . |
| 17 | I do n't want him asking me questions like where I 'm going and stuff like that , just in case he tells Mr Jackson . |
| 18 | You should always double-check that the patient is sitting up safely , and keep watch in case he changes position as you go along . |
| 19 | And as he closed the window of his room against the night frost , he was afraid to look out on the hills in case he heard angels sing and the other folk in the home would dismiss the story because of the two , long drawn out drinks he had before sleep closed down another Christmas Day . |
| 20 | Nils jerked her off-balance , his two cohorts rising to their feet in case he needed back-up . |
| 21 | The stoma care nurse arranged that she would visit Mr Reynolds when he had been home 48 hours but gave him her telephone number in case he needed help before then . |
| 22 | She thought she would never dare touch anything in this house in case she left marks . |
| 23 | The pronouncement of big statements is anathema to Juliana because she feels her point of view changes from time to time and she 's afraid of saying too much in case she alienates people , but she does admit to finding life in America ‘ scary ’ at the moment . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm going to organise a liver biopsy , liver scan , and oesophagoscopy , in case she has varices . |
| 25 | He tried to reach her again , and told the operator to put the howler on the line because the phone was off the hook , but the girl said reprovingly that it could n't be done in the middle of the night in case it woke people up . |
| 26 | That is saying something and , indeed , there are those closer to him who suggest that he really believes he has got the ball ‘ on a piece of string ’ at the moment , but hardly dares to say so in case it tempts fate . |
| 27 | She wrote back to him careful little letters to which no one could object , fearing to display too much emotion in case it called attention to the boy 's over-regard for her but she managed all the same to make her affection felt , telling him : — Pilade looks for you everywhere and will not believe I have not hidden you in a box . |
| 28 | Or had they been afraid to do so in case it drew attention to what they were up to ? |
| 29 | Scar tissue all right ; a birthmark she 'd had removed in early teens in case it turned malignant . |
| 30 | 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 . |