Example sentences of "in [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Just in case they 'd forgotten , Town Crier Willium Chapman 's been reminding the good people of Newent what day it is . |
| 4 | In the urban fringes , when paths go through farms , farmers dare n't leave their tools out in case they get nicked . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 've got layers on in case they 've vanished when I get home ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | PRESSING ON : Just in case they 've left anything out , Johnny insists on giving Fergie the full weight of his experience in these matters |
| 10 | In case they had to come back for anything they 'd forgotten . ’ |
| 11 | The introduction of the National Insurance and Workmen 's Compensation Acts meant that many employers were becoming reluctant to employ deaf people in case they had to pay higher premiums just to employ them . |
| 12 | Paul , we ought to leave here soon , in case they come looking . ’ |
| 13 | Just in case they want to put you on something else . ’ |
| 14 | In case they want to use you undercover . ’ |
| 15 | The Wolverines ' stock of blast and frag grenades would likewise be of little avail , though since each grenade hardly bulked larger than a coin the Scouts could at least retain their pursefuls of those in case they needed to kill at a distance . |
| 16 | You may need to remain nearby in case they do slip , but this can prevent some people from functioning so you will have to be sensitive to their feelings . |
| 17 | ‘ Should n't we wait a day , just in case they do find us ? ’ she put forward stiltedly , and drew his narrow-eyed inspection . |
| 18 | Emergency planners are keeping a close watch on the forecasts in case they have to roll into action . |
| 19 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 20 | Chapman did n't want Oldham to know that Taylor was the man he was after in case they refused to part with him . |
| 21 | I 'll keep it back in case we get bogged down . ’ |
| 22 | Each campesino had been given instructions to always have ready 20 extra tortillas in case we had to leave at a moment 's notice , but even so , it was very hard . |
| 23 | In between the various tests there was a delay of two or three days when we would be left on tenterhooks in case we had failed ; every afternoon people would be told to pack their bags and would be deposited at Aubagne station to take a train back to where they had come from . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I wanted to double up all Wavebreaker 's standing rigging , just in case we did try to take her across the ocean . |
| 26 | In case we do have a hard winter however , it might be worth potting up a few and over-wintering them , if you have n't already saved some of last year 's generously produced and well-ripened seed . |
| 27 | Now the chances are he 's gon na say well yeah I thought so because the , the size of the C C Q makes them identify just about everything so far but in case we have missed something . |
| 28 | It might give us a head start , just in case we have to admit her . ’ |
| 29 | We put it in writing , sending written details up the hierarchy in case we have to prove we have fulfilled our role . |
| 30 | We have increased our own public liability cover to £50 million in case we have overlooked some small detail and a guest sues . |