Example sentences of "in [noun] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I 'd better not take any more at once in case they fall off . |
| 3 | I want to protect Francis in case they fall out . |
| 4 | They are not allowed out of this dark passage , in case they fall overboard . |
| 5 | Towards the end of the week , in case they had n't realised , a unique festival was due to take place in Moon Beach . |
| 6 | It was odds on that the cops had got to him by now , but in case they had n't it might pay me to square things with him . |
| 7 | Yes , well just er briefly Chairman I 've seen the television cameras being set up on Mutford Bridge , so I 'm quite certain you do n't want to prolong this meeting and er in case they go away . |
| 8 | As far as lab work went , I always felt very intimidated because I 'd never touched anything more technical than a hairdryer , and all these boys around me were confidently plugging in their oscilloscopes , because I mean , I suppose they had their train sets and that sort of thing , and I was very scared to plug things in , in case they blew up . |
| 9 | Dams will not be built , and roads will not be laid in case they wipe out a rare plant species that could yield a new organic hair conditioner for Westerners to enjoy . |
| 10 | ‘ Any message , in case they drop in ? ’ |
| 11 | We had to be careful when we called round to feed them , though , in case they flew out when we opened the door . |
| 12 | Just in case they did not heed these articles , the Beijing Public Security Bureau issued the ‘ Ten Article Regulations ’ on 26 December in an effort to deter student protests . |
| 13 | On the last day the instructor held a test , and like the others Tim passed , but he felt that they all would have passed anyway , that the man was there to sell the machine and that no one would be allowed to fail in case they did n't recommend it . |
| 14 | Without naming names , there are some bands I work with and if they are doing an interview , I will have to be there in case they do n't turn up and I end up making loads of phone calls . |
| 15 | But just in case they do n't , we 've been busy cooking up campaigns that even Tory Central Office and Labour HQ might think twice about . |
| 16 | I 'd better not mention the Bank 's name , just in case they do n't like it . |
| 17 | In case they do n't want to handle because it 's going to , yeah and it 's gon na get it 's just a backup for Works |
| 18 | In case they do n't , we will go ahead anyway . ’ |
| 19 | I have n't checked with the so in , just in case they do n't |
| 20 | You may be unwilling to lend money directly to another person in case they do not pay up . |
| 21 | ‘ Just in case something crops up and I need to let you know . ’ |
| 22 | Just in case something comes up and I 've got to go in or . |
| 23 | I had the air horns primed and ready just in case one got too near . |
| 24 | I probably would have worked out well , I 'll be the spare man , I 'll need four men working on five lathes , because I 'll need a spare lathe in case one falls over , so I can keep four running , I 'll need four men in case one of them 's sick or one , when they go on holidays I can fill in , so we can always get four lathes working . |
| 25 | When we were little we were only allowed to play on the lower bit , in case we fell over this top wall , and it was like a dirt track down there , with bikes and trucks and lord knows what . |
| 26 | He read the Orders that we had already read , in case we had n't read them . |
| 27 | we had our alarm ooh after five , William called us just in case we laid late , so we was on the move ten , ten past five , so I mean we 've been on the go perhaps two hours more than anybody else and eh , and then cos when , it was just like that , but it was down here now I thought to went to that down on his and a little |
| 28 | We gave them two addresses to which they could write in case we did not return and told them where our more precious belongings were . |
| 29 | We were all dressed in the regulation issue khaki overalls , but Waters had three stripes on his sleeves in case we did n't know what a sergeant was . |
| 30 | ‘ We did n't know ’ , he says as the three embark on the master plan , ‘ that we were playing with fire — Greek fire , ’ he adds , ‘ the kind that burns and destroys ’ , in case we do n't know what playing with fire means . |