Example sentences of "in [noun] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to stay anywhere too far away from my flat , in case I 've forgotten something and need to go back for it . ’ |
| 2 | Any meaningful stretch of language , of any extent , like the or in case I 've thrown it away or the s in a plural like chairs . |
| 3 | My private idea , which I hardly dare mention in case I 've got it all wrong , is that you were copying the style of some book or other to see if I would recognize it . |
| 4 | My mother always told me to put on clean underwear in case I got knocked over and taken to hospital , but the possibility that someone 's drunken wife might decide to revenge herself on her husband by going down on me was not a scenario we had ever discussed . |
| 5 | The bad yellow-eyed woman made me take my toothbrush in case I got carted off to pokey . |
| 6 | My children do n't like me going out after dark in case I get stabbed again . |
| 7 | Hold my hand , Miguel , in case I get blown away ! ’ |
| 8 | I dare n't wear that nice fur coat that cousin Freda gave me in case I get bombed by the Animal Liberation Front . |
| 9 | I wanted to find out why you were so keen on the espionage angle-just in case I 'd missed something . ’ |
| 10 | Then a Rate 1 back onto 210 and descend towards the pilot ; the sun was low and that was causing me some problems ; seventy knots , no flaps in case I had to move fast , 100 feet — hold it . |
| 11 | I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's always nice to me when we go out , in case I start roving . ’ |
| 13 | You know , just in case I need to get in touch . ’ |
| 14 | The kind the military use , just in case I do want to play the major . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd rather you stayed here in case I have to go out . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He began a slow and careful descent , stopping only once to turn back and whisper over the grumbling of the Darkfall : ‘ Keep that door open … in case I have to come back quickly . |
| 18 | On one flight from England , carrying some of our personal possessions , bells started ringing at the Customs Desk — and my carving knife was temporarily confiscated in case I attempted to hijack the plane ! |
| 19 | As an adult in Panama I have stepped aside and contemplated the New World equivalent of the driver ants that I had feared as a child in Africa , flowing by me like a crackling river , and I can testify to the strangeness and wonder . |
| 20 | In contrast I have chosen the following passage from Barnaby Rudge : |
| 21 | In Victoria I have met the girl of my dreams . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't like the one in cans I want get one of the bottles . |
| 23 | We have the example in Harlow I 've forgot , how many councils are there in Harlow , thirty six , thirty eight something ? |
| 24 | In addition I have learnt an enormous amount from the monthly meetings of the Education Network in London , of which I was Coordinator from 1983 to 1987 . |
| 25 | In faith I have applied to go to Sydney , Australia in September . |
| 26 | Gill , 27 , said last night : ‘ Ever since I have been in football I have yearned for a chance to play in Europe . |
| 27 | Taking account again of the public concern about violent crime , in future I intend to exercise my discretion so that murderers of police or prison officers , terrorist murderers , sexual or sadistic murderers of children and murderers by firearm in the course of robbery can normally expect to serve at least 20 years in custody ; and there will be cases where the gravity of the offence requires a still longer period . |
| 28 | He said that if in future I needed to sell oriental porcelain I should go to M. Bourget , in the rue de Berri , and mention Helmut 's name . |
| 29 | If that is the case , and bearing in mind I intend to ignore such advice , then surely all moments are of equal suitability . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Bear in mind I 've lived here all my life , ’ Jos said . |