Example sentences of "in [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ We have taken out insurance in case a coach comes along and runs over Mary Magdalene , ’ he says . |
| 3 | It 's not good keeping the prospectuses piled up in the office just in case a casual visitor asks for one , they need to be where people with young children regularly gather . |
| 4 | Some patients are , in spite of reassurance , unwilling to give their real names and in these cases a fictitious name is quite in order , with the one proviso that an attempt should be made to remember the false name in case a further visit should be needed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is wise for your horse to wear protective boots and an overgirth , just in case a girth strap breaks . |
| 7 | He would n't even sit down , in case a spider jumped out of an armchair . |
| 8 | The Madeirans were worried , in particular , in case a post-revolutionary Communist dictatorship should install itself in Lisbon . |
| 9 | Capitol police bolted and locked all the windows , in case a prowler was coming in after everyone had left : no luck . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A quick release buckle on the hipbelt is essential in case a pack needs to be thrown off in an emergency . |
| 15 | If you encounter a specific behavioural problem later , it may also be worth discussing this with your vet in case a medical condition could be responsible , and treatment can be provided . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Local physicians list in case a doctor is required . |
| 18 | they all looked the same , they all had iron stakes in , they were there to strengthen the breaker in case a big wave came . |
| 19 | These investigations involve haematological tests , ECGs , chest X-rays and blood grouping and cross-matching in case a transfusion should be required . |
| 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 | Kung fu always has a back-up movement in readiness in case a technique fails . |
| 22 | ‘ How kind of you , ’ she said , balancing nicely on the edge of irony , in case a few minutes more of this should see him running out of line to shoot , and make it desirable to jettison him , ‘ how kind of you to tell me all about it ! ’ |
| 23 | Slowly , in case a sudden movement on his part might break his fragile control over his own legs , Hugh bent slightly so that he could see under the chest . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In case a wild one escaped . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He is principally a drummer but he always keeps a guitar on hand in case a new song idea hits him . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |