Example sentences of "[adv] in case [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be careful not to leave your hand on their body for too long in case it is grabbed . |
| 2 | They were loath to convict , especially in cases which seemed to contradict common law . |
| 3 | She stopped abruptly , suddenly afraid to say the words aloud in case they were words he would n't want to hear . |
| 4 | All in case his own knight came a cropper and he had to change horses in mid stream . |
| 5 | I opened the door of the nearest one , but gingerly in case there was a puma or something the RSPCA had forgotten . |
| 6 | So in the end I wro , I wrote her this letter because I could n't say it out loud in case anyone else heard me ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | That is saying something and , indeed , there are those closer to him who suggest that he really believes he has got the ball ‘ on a piece of string ’ at the moment , but hardly dares to say so in case it tempts fate . |
| 9 | Or had they been afraid to do so in case it drew attention to what they were up to ? |
| 10 | It was then Dexter detected an underlying tension : Blanche became bored and wanted to leave , but was reluctant to do so in case she gained a reputation as a straight-laced bore . |
| 11 | ‘ No , ’ he agreed , ‘ but I thought I 'd just say so in case you got the wrong idea . ’ |
| 12 | She felt as if she 'd uncovered a dark pit of long-buried feelings , and she was terrified of peering too far inside in case she could n't cope with the contents … |
| 13 | These are so often fastened by those who , in the name of love , secure our chains daily in case we have any notions of escape . |
| 14 | Philip looked away in case they saw him . |
| 15 | My arm was beginning to hurt pretty badly , so I decided to pull my chute straight away in case I fainted from loss of blood . |
| 16 | Oh save anyway in case you did change something and you forgot it . |
| 17 | So you 've got to watch what you take and if it 's not necessary you do n't take it if you 've got any sense but if you 're gon na take everything on the assumption ju just in case , the just in case , just in cases you know , do n't work all these the fail-safes ten times over you 're overloaded , ah but you 're so much unnecessary weight it all comes back unused , untouched . |
| 18 | Accordingly the man in our example may prefer to keep an additional fraction of his income as money balances in excess of his transactions demand , just in case something unexpected happens which necessitates immediate expenditure . |
| 19 | ‘ Just in case something crops up and I need to let you know . ’ |
| 20 | Just in case something comes up and I 've got to go in or . |
| 21 | Just in case something goes a bit wrong |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | erm they 're frightened to go anywhere just in case something might happen . |
| 24 | When the engagements are abroad , I work feverishly in the last few days and nights to create a reasonably finished piece of work — just in case we crash . |
| 25 | Just in case we 're ever investigated . ’ |
| 26 | It convinces us that it is essential to read a daily newspaper , to watch TV , to mow the lawn , to iron the sheets , to read the junk mail , to darn our socks — just in case we decide to do something creative , challenging , productive , intimate or enjoyable instead . |
| 27 | The Ego is constantly chattering about its fears , worries and doubts , cluttering up our head with thoughts that go nowhere — just in case we decide to think for ourselves , to question , to explore new possibilities , to feel our suppressed emotions , to reach beyond our old ways of being , to develop a new vision . |
| 28 | I wanted to double up all Wavebreaker 's standing rigging , just in case we did try to take her across the ocean . |
| 29 | My photographic equipment was a bit limited by the fact that as a leader I was required to carry a heavy hunting rifle all the time we were ashore , just in case we met with a polar bear in a nasty mood . |
| 30 | Just in case we got conflicting stories . ’ |