Example sentences of "case [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going back to the railway station was for the moment out of the question , just in case I bumped into someone who recognized me . |
| 2 | However , in the aforementioned case I think we must look further for the factors influencing the pilot . |
| 3 | Always say to yourself , ‘ I will select a field just in case I do n't find lift . ’ |
| 4 | In my own case I had been taught by Okely to avoid the split between subjectivism and an objective reality , but I had no preparation to contend with the changes which the field experience created in me . |
| 5 | In my own case I was given a section — a small area in the central division — with just over 300 crimes per year . |
| 6 | ‘ In that case I 'll have one too , ’ Nick took a pack of Silk Cut from his pocket . |
| 7 | ‘ In that case I want to go out this afternoon and do something . |
| 8 | In this case I can always be blamed . ’ |
| 9 | In one case I know of , two friends resolved to escape because they had heard their parents ‘ scheming ’ of such marriages in the near future . |
| 10 | That was in case I had a ‘ hypo ’ , ’ she recalls . |
| 11 | In fact it 's the best offer I 've ever had , and in any case I always knew I could go back to Wakefield if it did not work out . |
| 12 | Mr Langford has left the matter open until Friday in case I change my mind , but I wo n't . |
| 13 | Jeremy is coming with me but he is too young to do this alone , and in any case I 'm the only one who can deploy O'Brien . ’ |
| 14 | I did not like recipes ; in any case I knew how to cook what my husband liked perfectly well without them . |
| 15 | I dare n't wear that nice fur coat that cousin Freda gave me in case I get bombed by the Animal Liberation Front . |
| 16 | This had already been binned but I binned the offer as well , just in case I ever came close to considering it seriously . |
| 17 | Leaving such miscommunications aside , though , it is still true to say that we search for confirmation , and I have found myself reluctant to make the telephone call or write the letter of sympathy in case I have heard it wrongly or been given the wrong information . |
| 18 | Oh yes , she was an exception ; but physically she was not exactly … … in any case I had determined never to do Salome with a girl who dances . |
| 19 | This not being the case I have benefited much from the peace and quiet and from the fresh air . |
| 20 | I pinned it to the corkboard with a red drawing pin and a light heart , and went upstairs again to change back into jodhpur boots to deal with the terrain and to pick up the map and the compass in case I could n't find the trail . |
| 21 | The fourteenth century is another country to the young but in any case I do n't like to make specific parallels with events in more recent times . |
| 22 | She said : ‘ The first time I heard of a case I could not believe it . |
| 23 | In my case I almost felt that I was a participant in some workshops which had been filmed ten years earlier . |
| 24 | ‘ I should go in case I 'm seen . |
| 25 | In your case I suspect the water is coming through the seams on the bulkhead around the footwells . |
| 26 | ‘ If that 's the case I 'll stay out longer than I 'd planned , and do you a favour ! ’ |
| 27 | That is , in every case I will first make up my own mind independently of the ‘ authority 's ’ verdict , and then , in those cases in which my judgment differs from its , I will add a certain weight to the solution favoured by it , on the ground that it , the authority , knows better than I. This procedure will reverse my independent judgment in a certain proportion of the cases . |
| 28 | I give you my word there will be one , if it 's the last case I am allowed to handle . ’ |
| 29 | I felt quite nervous undertaking this role in case I became ‘ out of my depth ’ and could n't provide the new mother with the support that she needed , either emotionally or physically , but on balance decided that the only way to find out was to give it a whirl ! |
| 30 | I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian . |