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

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1 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 .
2 After today 's discussion I should be a bit better at understanding what you 're driving at !
3 She was out every evening , sometimes staying away all night and coming back in the afternoon only to tart herself up for the next evening away .
4 She stopped abruptly , suddenly afraid to say the words aloud in case they were words he would n't want to hear .
5 Perhaps that was what mothers meant when they insisted you should change your underwear daily for fear you should be run over .
6 I 'd better let you know what we have got in stock just in case there 's anything there that you 're
7 He said : ‘ When you score three goals away from home you expect to take three points .
8 You 're better keeping the card just in case you break down .
9 When reconnaissance shows that there is a large herd of elephants with young calves close to camp it is often decided to try to capture some of the young elephants first by means of mela shikar .
10 Well the paper must be out of date because I think I got that stamp months ago in fact you bought it back from Switzerland .
11 He said you 'd better keep the car there in case his wo n't be ready or something .
12 An aerial on the distant receiver then picks them up and converts the information firstly into electrical signals then into sound which is reproduced by the loudspeaker .
13 Happily there was some friendly cloud ; this time I went right through it to regain some horizontal reference , then bob in and out of the cloud until Jock had repaired the damage , I stayed near the cloud base just in case we were jumped again .
14 Well , we 're not supposed to start till five past , so let's give them a couple more minutes just in case they 're caught in the lift or something .
15 Always say to yourself , ‘ I will select a field just in case I do n't find lift . ’
16 There 's been an article in the paper very recently saying they 're going to bring out some proposals to change those intestacy rules shortly after easter they have n't come out yet .
17 They say the servants prepare food and set his table every day in each of these houses just in case he arrives .
18 ‘ You mean you thought you 'd like to drive around in your car all afternoon just in case there 's anyone in the entire state who has n't drooled all over it yet — that 's O K , Ryan , that 's cool , I can handle that , I 'm sure you and your Porsche will be very happy and I would n't dream of fucking up your beautiful relationship . ’
19 So the treatment is double nappy if it 's not a very er serious one or if they notice a click just after delivery they would immediately put the baby in double nappies .
20 I lowered the torch to floor level just in case anyone was watching and squeezed the bag gently .
21 When a particularly difficult and obscure accident occurs , the aircraft manufacturer may suspect the possibility of the failure of a particular component , and acting in a responsible manner and with the highest possible motives may circulate to all operators of that type of aircraft a design for modifying the component just in case it was the one that failed .
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 When summer comes and I finally have to reluctantly discard my thermals , I knit myself a few cardigans just in case it is not hot enough for me — and come to think of it , our weather is hardly ever hot enough for me .
24 If I were you , though , I 'd get straight on home just in case he comes back .
25 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 !
26 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 .
27 Just looking at these questions … one can … have an influence even through mathematics which I see as being unlike many other subjects …
28 When I saw L.R. today at finish I yelped for joy .
29 As to the rest of his question then of course I and I suspect and perhaps I know that everybody in the house would urge Sinn Fein er to consider very seriously a positive response to the joint declaration .
30 We have looked briefly at all these elements apart from normalisation which is discussed in Section 3.7 .
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