Example sentences of "[adv] in case " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , he was not prepared to take chances , so he checked and rechecked the security of the box and the store-room below in case vandals from a nearby village might be intending to pay him an unwelcome visit . |
| 2 | Be careful not to leave your hand on their body for too long in case it is grabbed . |
| 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 | You may feel at the end of the day that you need to hear from the officer of the case and he is still present obviously in case the court wishes |
| 6 | Gina picked up the warm handful gingerly in case of accidents . |
| 7 | I opened the door of the nearest one , but gingerly in case there was a puma or something the RSPCA had forgotten . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 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 | Or had they been afraid to do so in case it drew attention to what they were up to ? |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ he agreed , ‘ but I thought I 'd just say so in case you got the wrong idea . ’ |
| 13 | So in case any of you are worried about , you know , inappropriate headings , ignore them , it 's you system , you do with it what you want . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When addresses are required , these are needed only in case the clinic discovers an important infection a day or so after the patient has left and needs to get in touch in a hurry . |
| 16 | I wanter to make sure I was properly covered , not only in case of damage to the car , but in case something were to happen to me too . ’ |
| 17 | This course should be adopted only in case of absolute necessity , and you should be able to plan out your time so that it is not necessary . |
| 18 | It distressed me so much that I used to keep indoors and go out only in case of necessity . ’ |
| 19 | The legality of the move was widely questioned by constitutional experts , who claimed that the constitution envisaged the removal of the sovereign only in case of physical or mental inability to rule and not on moral grounds . |
| 20 | Plastic stents were replaced by metallic stents only in case of clogging or dislodgement . |
| 21 | These examinations were done on an ambulatory basis and patients were readmitted only in case of recurrent cholestasis or cholangitis . |
| 22 | Well , only in case of accident or injury , you see . |
| 23 | ‘ The thing is , ’ Jackie explained , ‘ none of us has much , so we ought to put what we have together in case one of us ever needs anything important . |
| 24 | 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 … |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Philip looked away in case they saw him . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | They decided to unpack it anyway in case the wind dropped . |
| 29 | Oh save anyway in case you did change something and you forgot it . |
| 30 | ‘ Best to check your trolley , just in case . |