Example sentences of "in [noun] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian Jacks , the ‘ sports personality ’ , ‘ could never enjoy spur-of-the-moment sex with his house-proud missus — in case he creased her freshly-ironed bedsheets ’ ; |
| 2 | As he walked on to the first tee he could n't get any proper words out at all , and so I was frightened to speak to him in case he thought I was teasing him . |
| 3 | ‘ Neither do I , master , but keep smiling just in case he changes his mind . ’ |
| 4 | Her mam would say nothing , just sit there white-faced , cupping her hand over the latest bruise , not daring even to blink in case he said she was sleeping in God 's time when all he wanted was to raise his children decent . |
| 5 | But as always I was wary of contradicting him , not wanting to antagonize him by even the slightest show of disagreement in case he left me . |
| 6 | I was a little worried in case he left his wallet in it . |
| 7 | You may also need to supervise the patient , in case he forgets what he has to do and leaves the gas on without lighting it , for example , or without putting the pan of food on the cooker . |
| 8 | He carries a picture of wife Sarah and his two young boys , just in case he forgets what they look like ! |
| 9 | ‘ I can really do something with this , ’ she kept saying , striding around , as Dad turned pale ; and there in the centre of the room she held him and kissed him again and again in case he lost his nerve and faith in her and longed to be with Mum . |
| 10 | In case he see in case he misses something . |
| 11 | ‘ I jest thought I 'd be around like , in case he needs anythin' . |
| 12 | Keep it out in case he wants it . |
| 13 | Twoflower had posed alongside a bewildered charm-seller , his crowd of new-found admirers watching him with interest in case he did something humorously lunatic . |
| 14 | Yesterday James Chadwin QC , defending , warned the Teesside Crown Court jury not to convict Darren Nichol just ‘ in case he did it ’ . |
| 15 | Put out of your mind any notion that he ought to be convicted in case he did it . ’ |
| 16 | She saw then that saying this had been unpardonable , but the odd thing was that he did pardon her , and laughed , and quietly fished some of the soggy pills out of the sink in case he fancied one later after all . |
| 17 | Tony signalled her not to annoy Frank in case he used it as an excuse to follow Terry , but he only seemed amused . |
| 18 | The eldest , Thomas , was to have ‘ all my books in case he betake himself to the study and practice of physic ’ . |
| 19 | At 8 am yesterday , Woosnam resumed play on the 14th green , having refused to hole a putt of 4ft the previous night in case he missed it . |
| 20 | ‘ I never did hold much of a brief for your father , but it seems as if your mother was n't much better ! ’ he said , his voice making clear how lacking in sympathy he found her family . |
| 21 | She was taking off her hat and coat as she spoke ; then going over to her aunt , she bent down and kissed her on the cheek , and followed this with the same salutation for her uncle ; and in response he patted her on the shoulder . |
| 22 | Nevertheless this lamentable epitaph should not obscure the fact that at least in part he achieved his purpose of " bringing together the best in new thinking and new writing in its time 's " and that , as he confessed in an interview , editing it had been " one of the most important and rewarding " of all his activities . |
| 23 | But in faith he founded his School , willing the means whereby others could emulate his success , and over the generations many have done so . |
| 24 | In Leiden he met his lifelong friend and correspondent , the Dutch poet and diplomat , Constantine Huygens . |
| 25 | In spring he dons his curious plumage : long ear tufts , and dramatic barred , streaked , blobbed or plain ruff-collar . |
| 26 | But in practice he found himself able to control the Residents only by appointing men he deemed to be sufficiently compliant , an expedient to which he resorted when Temple retired prematurely from the service in 1917 . |
| 27 | His ideal was ‘ the complete sympathy of complete detachment ’ , but in practice he distanced himself from his subjects and stressed his severity over the underlying sympathy . |
| 28 | During the Great War Daniels had proposed that the Headmaster should retire on his sixtieth birthday ( and his assistants on their 50th ! ) , and with this in mind he tendered his resignation in July 1928 : he would be sixty in December . |
| 29 | In his last year at Devonport High School in Plymouth he set himself the aim of finding a job which would earn him £5 a week , because up to that time , his father , a Westcountryman , had never achieved such a princely sum . |
| 30 | In Hungary he got his first win — by almost a lap over the entire field — and in Belgium last week he did it again , although not without some drama . |