Example sentences of "in [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just in case they hold me to a four week |
| 2 | Now bear in mind , she er normally for an operation they normally tape your eyes closed , put a pad over your eyes as well , just in case they drop something on your face by mistake during the operation . |
| 3 | No they 've been banned from taking them in in case they clobbered anyone with them you see oh they were banned some time ago , as were flags they used to carry flags at one time and rattles , but er they do n't let you take anything in . |
| 4 | She kept clear of everybody in the house in case they reminded her of the ill person her uncle had become . |
| 5 | But actually ’ — Agnes 's voice became pure Oxford ( the university not the town ) — ‘ that was just Track One was n't it ? — cover in case we noticed anything on Track Two which was a small destabilisation group . |
| 6 | He wo n't close his eyes in case you do something to him . |
| 7 | I just thought I 'd tell you that in case you needed it in any of your essays . |
| 8 | Tony signalled her not to annoy Frank in case he used it as an excuse to follow Terry , but he only seemed amused . |
| 9 | The eldest , Thomas , was to have ‘ all my books in case he betake himself to the study and practice of physic ’ . |
| 10 | She was taking off her hat and coat as she spoke ; then going over to her aunt , she bent down and kissed her on the cheek , and followed this with the same salutation for her uncle ; and in response he patted her on the shoulder . |
| 11 | These wild Gaelic-speaking men may have once lived in bothies , but when in Brighton they regarded themselves as raiders in a strange and hostile land . |
| 12 | Although , strictly speaking , the bearers were not assigned to individuals and worked as a pool , carrying messages for anybody in the building , in practice they identified themselves with particular people . |
| 13 | His ideal was ‘ the complete sympathy of complete detachment ’ , but in practice he distanced himself from his subjects and stressed his severity over the underlying sympathy . |
| 14 | In Holmes Chapel they take fish and chips home in briefcases , and if you want red cabbage in Macclesfield you get it through Interflora . |
| 15 | Of course , when we were in Bruges you told me about the hypochondriac darling you worked for , but what about before that ? ’ |
| 16 | Moore 's account of what he means by a natural property is none too clear , but in effect it means something like detectable by the senses or by scientific instruments . |
| 17 | Even in disguise I knew her at once , for a truly sensual woman can not disguise herself from my perceptions once I have seen her . ’ |
| 18 | Why is it that we can look at organizations which we ourselves have worked in for most of our lives , where we have complained bitterly , where over drinks with our colleagues or at the Christmas pantomime or some other time we have given vent to our irritation at these bad organizational and behavioural characteristics ; and yet when we reach high positions in companies we consider them to be something which is beyond our capability to influence ? |
| 19 | In winter I fill them with a rich and succulent mincemeat mixture . |
| 20 | This has the effect of cancelling your existing covenant and in return you commit yourself to making payments under the new covenant . |
| 21 | In July we asked you for your original ideas on alternative uses for our free filter matting — and offered a prize of a ‘ lifetime 's supply ’ of Crystal Clear airline . |
| 22 | Wherever you travel in England we invite you to some unforgettable places in history . |
| 23 | In imagination she saw herself as a devotee of Bacchus , in the golden world of the Greeks , as these extracts from her poem ‘ The Lost Bacchante ’ reveal . |
| 24 | In the case of many of the former British territories in Africa they had something of a common industrial relations heritage built around an institutional framework in the British mould which was fostered by colonial administrations . |
| 25 | In Venice she had nothing beyond the one case except for learning Italian , teaching English , sightseeing and trying to be patient with , and understand , her increasingly morose husband . |
| 26 | I do n't do mine in microwave I do it in a saucepan what , put my |
| 27 | ‘ As soon as I realised Princess Diana was in trouble I put everything to one side , ’ she says . |
| 28 | In use I found it to be very acceptable ( to quote Prime Minister Major ) and it ran all the DOS and Windows packages I threw at it — and here 's the rub . |
| 29 | In territory she knew nothing of , she stumbled . |
| 30 | Only at the Opéra do they beat time without obeying it ; everywhere else in Europe they obey it without beating it . |