Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] case [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 You 're better keeping the card just in case you break down .
2 Always say to yourself , ‘ I will select a field just in case I do n't find lift . ’
3 He still has a 30-years-old Courtelle suit which he kept as a standby for the MBE investiture just in case something happened to his morning dress .
4 If I were you , though , I 'd get straight on home just in case he comes back .
5 Thick eyeliner on the top of my eyes , I do n't wear eyeliner on the bottom just in case you think I 'm a tart !
6 I 've already earmarked the cage drilling machine just in case we did require it , to make sure that no parts were taken off it to support the next one .
7 I said she 's tried to keep you on a string just in case she did n't land the next fish .
8 I said she , she might well come back to you I said she 's tried to keep you on a string just in case she did n't land the next dish he looked horrified , you know , as far as he 's concerned its all love and glamour .
9 ‘ I 've kept the florist here in case you wanted to talk to him .
10 Anyhow I gave them some antibiotic powder to put in its drinking water just in case it had a mild infection and they went away happy and said they would tell their friends . ’
11 I 'll put appointment just in case you know
12 There were no champions to fight their cause , so Celie , her friends and family could not show their anger openly in case they punished for speaking out .
13 She did n't dare ride fast in case she startled the cows into a charge or a stampede or something .
14 I packed the Scandinavian jersey I 'd worn at Woodbine into the suitcase just in case it jogged anyone 's memory , and got dressed in dark trousers , open-necked shirt and a short zipped navy jacket with lighter blue bands round waist and wrists .
15 I crawled out from under the back of the tractor just in case anybody thought to peer into the barn , and was about to use the lawn-mower for cover when my foot caught something hard and suddenly I was face down on the ground again .
16 I decided that the best thing to do was to leave the porch just in case anyone came along , and to kill the time I needed to kill somewhere else .
17 ‘ They 're logged into a book just in case someone calls up ’ .
18 Do you want to check into a hostel just in case it rains or would you rather have another night in the park ? ’
19 close your zero there in case it looks like a six .
20 Then I ran the rest of the way just in case she 'd heard .
21 And anyway he 's got to pretend that he 's the man of the house so in case they think you 're on your own .
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