Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] case [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 | She stopped abruptly , suddenly afraid to say the words aloud in case they were words he would n't want to hear . |
| 3 | I 'd better let you know what we have got in stock just in case there 's anything there that you 're |
| 4 | You 're better keeping the card just in case you break down . |
| 5 | He said you 'd better keep the car there in case his wo n't be ready or something . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Always say to yourself , ‘ I will select a field just in case I do n't find lift . ’ |
| 9 | They say the servants prepare food and set his table every day in each of these houses just in case he arrives . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | I lowered the torch to floor level just in case anyone was watching and squeezed the bag gently . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | If I were you , though , I 'd get straight on home just in case he comes back . |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He had two spare hats in his room just in case he ever lost his usual one , or somebody stole it . |
| 19 | I said she 's tried to keep you on a string just in case she did n't land the next fish . |
| 20 | I said she , she might well come back to you I said she 's tried to keep you on a string just in case she did n't land the next dish he looked horrified , you know , as far as he 's concerned its all love and glamour . |
| 21 | ‘ And Kate , the vacancy is now filled , but perhaps you 'd better take names and addresses of any applicants just in case they 're needed later . ’ |
| 22 | Though her lungs were aflame with her efforts , she rolled over and set off into the darkness of the tunnel that led outside before anyone could think to send a boat for her — though at least there were hiding places here in case they did . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've kept the florist here in case you wanted to talk to him . |
| 24 | Although Donleavy had told him to stay clear of American officials overseas in case they were under surveillance by foreign intelligence agencies , Coleman assumed that Sasser had cleared the meeting with Control and drove up from Larnaca to keep the appointment , expecting to be briefed on some unexpected emergency . |
| 25 | I asked her her name just in case it was the Devil in disguise and she told me who she was . |
| 26 | Anyhow I gave them some antibiotic powder to put in its drinking water just in case it had a mild infection and they went away happy and said they would tell their friends . ’ |
| 27 | A ripple near the shore catches my eye and I swing the glasses quickly in case it is an otter — always a welcome sight ! |
| 28 | and Euston , I believe all those parish councils have written to the county surveyor , erm , wilfully the er H G V ban and saying how successful they think it is , now the proposals in this paper do n't have any particular effect on them , but I would want to pass on to the officers here in case it has n't erm quite registered , but this ban has been very much welcomed on the northern section of the A ten eighty eight where although it 's not a formal ban the affect on villages particular such as |
| 29 | In 89 , a poem of infidelity ( ‘ Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault ’ ) , the Poet abases himself , vowing to perform all kinds of penance in order to win the Friend back , including never mentioning his name again in case he ‘ haply of our old acquaintance tell ’ : it is over , in the past . |
| 30 | I do n't want to give any details just in case it gives other landlords ideas . |