Example sentences of "in [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had embarked two such affairs in the last year ; the most memorable being an English lawyer who had arrived with his French mistress , but only after telling his wife that he was attending a legal conference in Brussels and , to preserve the lie , he had been forced to hide every inch of his pallid skin in case a sun-tan betrayed him . |
| 2 | At the Republican Convention last month George Bush expressed his concern about the whole question of liability in the US , and particularly about the amount of money trial lawyers make from suits that lead to doctors refusing to practise certain areas of medicine , and even to parents refusing to umpire childrens ' baseball games in case a child is injured and they are sued . |
| 3 | It is wise for your horse to wear protective boots and an overgirth , just in case a girth strap breaks . |
| 4 | ‘ We have taken out insurance in case a coach comes along and runs over Mary Magdalene , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Though participants have said that they find these quizzes enjoyable , they have not been well supported by comparison with the more usual lectures and no further quiz is planned for the moment , though I shall try to keep a few questions in hand in case a speaker is delayed or fails to arrive for some reason . |
| 6 | The packet of Durex , bought in a chemist 's at Ipswich to meet an eventuality that Rosie had never allowed to materialize , lived permanently in his wallet ; he put them in a brown envelope in case a chance sighting made his intentions too crudely obvious . |
| 7 | Kung fu always has a back-up movement in readiness in case a technique fails . |
| 8 | Capitol police bolted and locked all the windows , in case a prowler was coming in after everyone had left : no luck . |
| 9 | A quick release buckle on the hipbelt is essential in case a pack needs to be thrown off in an emergency . |
| 10 | These investigations involve haematological tests , ECGs , chest X-rays and blood grouping and cross-matching in case a transfusion should be required . |
| 11 | At this point all three friends felt an unruly wave of amusement sweeping over them , and the rest of the fire-drill was spent desperately avoiding each other 's eyes in case a fit of the giggles should descend , and they were all agreed ( especially Mildred ) that this would definitely not be the thing to do . |
| 12 | Always close the doors at one end before opening them at the other , unless the wind is very light , and never leave both ends open in case a wind springs up later in the day . |
| 13 | A phobia about birds , for example , may not sound so terrible — after all you do n't have to keep chickens or buy a budgie — but when you are terrified to leave your house ( or even go into your own garden ) in case a sparrow or a robin comes too dose , your life can become a total misery . |
| 14 | Local physicians list in case a doctor is required . |
| 15 | I 'm not clear about the , the sentence in case a repeat costing 's copy of the quotation given to the client must be signed by an authorised researcher . |
| 16 | 24.1 In case a dispute is brought before a court of law , the courts of the City of Ghent , Belgium shall have sole jurisdiction over this litigation . |
| 17 | Every week since last September when the chat show season began Mark and his band — Eugene Glenn , Brian Skeffington , Ciara Harrison and Hugh Faloona are the others — have waited in the wings in case a guest celebrity did n't turn up . |
| 18 | So much so that occasionally Rosemary would insist on cooking supper and bringing it over — always with enough for an extra helping in case a guest should turn up . |
| 19 | He would n't even sit down , in case a spider jumped out of an armchair . |
| 20 | Thus there could be no economies of scale in case a sleeve cut from one lay of medium blue had to go with a dress cut from another lay of so-called medium blue . |
| 21 | 7.7 above In dendrochronology a master curve is produced , starting with a living tree and extending the timescale using timbers with overlapping patterns ( courtesy of Ulster Museum , Belfast ) . |
| 22 | Early last month , a Russian war veteran took matters into his own hands and delivered to the German embassy in Moscow a cache of drawings , prints and paintings , among which , according to the German Foreign Office , is a Durer . |
| 23 | In Moscow a spokesman for Mr Khasbulatov , Mr Yeltsin 's main rival , said the Russian leader had acted emotionally in walking out of Congress . |
| 24 | Will he consider setting up in Moscow a unit composed of people from British industry , from the British Government and from the British-Soviet Chamber of Commerce to try to help the Russians receive the aid that is being held from them by the stupidity of their bureaucracy ? |
| 25 | Gorbachev on Nov. 3 organized in Moscow a meeting between Moldavian President Mircha Snegur and Gagauz and Dnestr Russian community leaders . |
| 26 | Middlesbrough will be allowed to spend £20.2m , resulting in £14 a head off poll tax bills and a six per cent cut in services . |
| 27 | In Hull a man had poisoned his wife because she 'd refused to sew buttons on to his clothes . |
| 28 | In Hull a student , Tom Fawthrop , later a fixture on It and other underground papers , ripped up his finals papers . |
| 29 | Rumour and the recent closure of a similar sanctuary in Hereford a week ago has given rise to closure fears . |
| 30 | Although there are no visible remains the name persists in Gleann a chardaidh Glen of the wool carding . |