Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His passage through darkness , marked by the ‘ woman in black ’ , burdened women , the bent heads of sorrowing men , convulsed roots and empty chairs , leads from death to the growth that one frosty crisis after another nips in the bud — in fact to the Baby in Cradle he had pictured while in The Hague and been unable to keep faith with . |
| 2 | The rivers ' safety record is reckoned to be quite good and the authority wants tyo ensure that this wweeekend people don'ty do over the top in case they wind up going under . |
| 3 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 4 | and of course they 've got to be careful in case they kill the grass and around the outside is what |
| 5 | This can actually produce those distressing occasions when , for example , a husband and wife are sitting there looking at each other , the dying one trying very hard to get on and die because they understand everyone is waiting for them to do so , and the survivor trapped with their feelings of guilt about wishing their relative would die , whilst at the same time not being able to leave the person 's side in case they miss the moment . |
| 6 | By now they will not be eating , so all the food you threw in and did n't bother to remove ‘ in case they got hungry ’ , will be rotting down and raising the ammonia level . |
| 7 | People like General Orde Wingate were training men , one of whom was David Patterson , one of our clergy , and Pop helped by writing a book on Burmese for them in case they got separated from their units . |
| 8 | Philip loved the smelly , aggressive little dogs and was always fussing in case they got stuck down the rabbit holes . |
| 9 | Nine ladies dancing he decided perhaps that she had ordered the extra milk in case they got thirsty . |
| 10 | Do you remember when there used to always be some on the wall there when you cou we would n't walk down the stairs cos in case they got us . |
| 11 | Just in case they 'd forgotten , Town Crier Willium Chapman 's been reminding the good people of Newent what day it is . |
| 12 | ‘ In case they get lost or into the wrong hands ? |
| 13 | In the urban fringes , when paths go through farms , farmers dare n't leave their tools out in case they get nicked . |
| 14 | But would you envisage that the numbers er of aircraft actually kitted out with these things have been reduced or are you talking about having spares in case they get lost or damaged ? |
| 15 | It makes me so angry — any one of them could have found something to rest that child on , but no , they all stand there in case they get blood on their hands and watch the child suffer — ’ |
| 16 | But make sure , you know , you well you take over the house , so we know what 's in them in case they get thrown out with the bloody rubbish ! |
| 17 | Also , there was a bias against opening immediately in New York as Bernard and Laura wanted to avoid the limelight in case they failed . |
| 18 | No , that 's why , that 's why we do n't want to get rid of it to anyone , just in case they chop it up |
| 19 | People were too scared to vote Labour in case they made things even worse . |
| 20 | I had the radio on low , in case they interrupted the broadcast with any bulletins that might lead me to the new Night Mayor . |
| 21 | Because it is so easy for women to slip into a shared area with each other , they may at times have a fear of doing so , in case they lose their individuality . |
| 22 | There must be hundreds of females and males out there too frightened to speak out in case they lose their jobs , because let's not forget there have been many cases in which males have been harassed or are being ha harassed . |
| 23 | Ironically , the system means that they are unlikely to be told , in case they use the information as evidence in an action . |
| 24 | Even the soldiers , when they are drunk , keep clear of the area in case they stumble and start the bell tolling . ’ |
| 25 | He shivered , not daring to move in case they noticed and dragged him out . |
| 26 | But I 've got to take the risk , in case they hurt my dad . ’ |
| 27 | SWIMMERS were ordered from pools and golfers off tees yesterday — in case they hurt themselves . |
| 28 | PRESSING ON : Just in case they 've left anything out , Johnny insists on giving Fergie the full weight of his experience in these matters |
| 29 | ‘ If a player makes a promising début on the Saturday , I 'm frightened to turn on Teletext on Monday , in case they 've flogged him . ’ |
| 30 | You 're going to spend the next few months hanging over them with your heart thumping in case they 've stopped breathing and the next few years after that stopping them committing suicide because a perfectly ordinary house has turned into a minefield of electricity and stairs and windows and boiling kettles . |