Example sentences of "[pers pn] in case [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I will maybe just remind her in case she has a problem finding one if she leaves it too late . |
| 32 | She was not asking , she was demanding ; but they were all used to her ways and were probably scared of upsetting her in case she changed her mind about the invitations . |
| 33 | However , many things had happened during the two years since she had been told that her mother had died of the fever and that , prior to this , she had not been allowed to see her in case she should catch it and spread it further . |
| 34 | She could almost hear him making the effort to be cheerful , as if he was afraid to disappoint her in case she decided not to ring him again . |
| 35 | Inside his head he could still hear his father 's slighting reference to a " Momma 's boy " and because this rankled more than his inability to shoot the doe , he hurried on ahead of her in case his father should turn and see them close together . |
| 36 | I should think they in case you would n't have been there would they ? |
| 37 | We dare not let ourselves make contact with it in case we lose control , and weep and weep without ever stopping . |
| 38 | save it in case we run |
| 39 | Oh well you can keep it in case we need to screw up the roof again then . |
| 40 | As Sabra , a woman in her forties , told me ‘ If I go out I usually do have my Dupatta round me , but at work I ca n't wear it in case it gets caught up in the machines , so I just wear a scarf on my head when I leave the house — something is needed to save one 's Izzat ’ . |
| 41 | No , I left it in case you |
| 42 | If I was setting an exam paper for summer it would be something I would think about putting in not that I am setting it in case you think I had n't . |
| 43 | I did n't name names in the thing in case anybody saw it in case you |
| 44 | He did n't turn his head to identify the car that was trailing it in case he was recognized . |
| 45 | She wished he 'd quit doing that to her hand — but she did n't want to move it in case he moved on to her lips . |