Example sentences of "be [verb] in case [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yesterday 's Bingo and Gold numbers are reprinted in case you missed them . |
| 2 | Assembling slaves required capital , or at least credit , to get started , and the slaves had to be trained and had to be watched in case they rebelled . |
| 3 | Dams will not be built , and roads will not be laid in case they wipe out a rare plant species that could yield a new organic hair conditioner for Westerners to enjoy . |
| 4 | Put out of your mind any notion that he ought to be convicted in case he did it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think she was frightened to ask how long you were staying in case you left , ’ said Lord Grubb , with a lunge of shrewdness . |
| 6 | Under the scrutiny of Hayward and Browne , he began to revise and concentrate his verse — after the problems with The Family Reunion , he wished to use only poetry which met the test of " strict dramatic utility " although at a later date he was to worry in case he had strayed too close to the drama of Frederick Lonsdale . |
| 7 | Full details and syllabus of the teacher training course have been sent to them , and the syllabus and assessment sheets for the Junior and Youth Bronze Awards , which apply throughout the British Isles , while the statistics that were requested apply to Scotland only — I felt the letter was needed in case they thought there were only 4 teachers in the whole Society ! |
| 8 | But when one of the squad emerged from the shop with the remains of the rucksack , and told police that he was unhappy about the cause of the fire , a full scale evacuation of the city centre was started in case it proved to be an incendiary device and in case others had been planted . |