Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | I worry all the time in case they tell Mum . |
| 4 | Turn them on their side and try not to leave them unattended in case they inhale vomit |
| 5 | We dare not let ourselves make contact with it in case we lose control , and weep and weep without ever stopping . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Guilty and hurt later and frightened in case you lose control |
| 8 | ‘ So I thought I would come round a little early , in case you needed advice . |
| 9 | You should always double-check that the patient is sitting up safely , and keep watch in case he changes position as you go along . |
| 10 | Nils jerked her off-balance , his two cohorts rising to their feet in case he needed back-up . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Or had they been afraid to do so in case it drew attention to what they were up to ? |
| 15 | Scar tissue all right ; a birthmark she 'd had removed in early teens in case it turned malignant . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ T was to stop you becoming completely distraught , but I was afraid to look at you , afraid to come to you that night in case I saw fear or revulsion in your eyes . ’ |
| 18 | He yelled this in case I had trouble hearing him from six inches away . |
| 19 | Their specialized working is recognized as creating staff development problems and it is agreed that they may devote up to fifteen per cent of their time to work with other client groups ; in addition they take part in a duty rota , and thus handle the full range of initial enquiries . |
| 20 | In addition they provide compensation water into the burns and rivers ensuring a continual supply to those users who tap straight into them for their supply , eg. industrial users along the Water of Leith . |
| 21 | In addition they maintained improvement in the haematological and biochemical indices studies . |
| 22 | In addition she required government approval to leave Singapore or to participate in the activities of any organization . |
| 23 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 24 | In addition it offers training of the eye as well as of the mind . |
| 25 | In addition it has snow ( I quote Arnie Wilson ) which at its floor level of 2,494 feet it has no right to expect . |
| 26 | More significantly , in practice it encouraged speculation in the more traditional sense — on assets whose prices were expected to rise by considerably more than the overall price level ( and would indeed do so if enough speculators made similar judgements ) . |
| 27 | In practice it means government by the representatives of a majority of the people . |
| 28 | No again bearing in mind you get pound for pound value whatever you pay in that would dictate what you get out . |
| 29 | In effect he took account of the terms on each side of ( 8–57 ) , which imply . |
| 30 | It finished up with one erm very relevant , relevant to this class , quotation erm ca n't remember the last part of it though , he was talking about the Indian , that he had a , talking about it and saying voodism catholism and then the next stage erm which I ca n't remember the word but in effect it meant co-operation and you ca n't get that it seems to me unless you have a , a change of vision , change in erm not just in society but in people because this is where it starts . |