Example sentences of "just in case [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does n't stay here , but the workers stay in overnight — they often work fifty , sixty , seventy hours a week — just in case her husband comes looking for her . |
| 2 | She 'd been wanting to go home all day , dragging on her teacher 's hand on the way in , looking over her shoulder just in case her mum might have popped her head round the gate for a last wave . |
| 3 | He walked away with dignity and went off to tell Cathbad to make several small fires instead of one big one that night , just in case their usual large fire was large enough to attract unwelcome attention . |
| 4 | For example , the man may travel to work each day by car and so carry an extra £20 with him just in case his vehicle breaks down and needs to be repaired at once . |
| 5 | Andy was accompanied by his caddie who had brought the full bag just in case his pro decided to change his club . |
| 6 | Now Tony is a wonderfull player ( just in case his mother has actually joined up ) but playing on his own on the left wing ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| 7 | He 'll need a collar on just in case his neck 's injured , but I do n't know if you 'll get it round the spikes . |
| 8 | It 's a strangely riveting spectacle , but just in case your eyes get poked out in the moshpit , they 've got a quite daring array of slightly goth-laced nagging pop tunes , pinned by means of twiddly guitar hooks and belting choruses to that corner of your brain which is exclusively reserved for tunes to whistle in the supermarket queue . |
| 9 | Right good and you should always check that before you draw it just in case your pie chart comes out and put , put that up in the air a bit I 'll just show you that , those are good there , but up in the air like that |
| 10 | I 'm not saying we 're going to collect the tokens , but just in case our John says mum ! |
| 11 | I 'll go armed with a few of my best designs , just in case my big break awaits me ! ’ |