Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The medium-sized town stations sometimes reflected the styles in vogue for their grander counterparts . |
| 2 | A few days later I did question Shadwell about the possibility of not being covered in shit for my debut as a professional actor . |
| 3 | It brilliantly combines a legitimate trepidation about the Nazis with a certain ambivalence ( perhaps typical of those on the bourgeois Left in Britain at the time ) about the Russian bears who may or may not have been rescuing him , resolved in the end by the arrival of the charming governess — " better keep a hold on Nurse , just in case of something worse " ! |
| 4 | Charity closed her eyes at Nigel in distaste and asked coldly , ‘ In case of what ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ In case of what ? ’ |
| 6 | In case of what ? |
| 7 | In case of what ? |
| 8 | In case of what ? |
| 9 | ‘ Just in case of what ? ’ |
| 10 | I like to think there are n't many tricks I miss , but I have to credit Sorrel in that she did write it down on a scrap of newspaper without saying ‘ in case of what ? ’ |
| 11 | He did n't need to elaborate in case of what . |
| 12 | Pop had bought a large inflated life jacket for me to wear in case of our ship being sunk , in which case you were all to hold on to the cords round my waist , and he would swim round and act as a watchdog ! |
| 13 | Yes my Lord er as soon as we went to the main bedroom which was the back bedroom at the same time as as that bedroom door opened , so the second team consisting of er P C P C would have gone into the second smaller bedroom and at the same time as we went in er P C and P C job er was to cover our backs in case of anybody in er the kitchen or the living area , the living room area . |
| 14 | The shadow spokesman for employment chose Grail engineering in cinderford for his visit to the forest of dean . |
| 15 | Rebelling against the bland uniformity of the base , and to the amusement of many of his colleagues , Yukio had grown a bushy , spade-shaped beard in emulation of his cricketing hero , W. G. Grace . |
| 16 | The company was returned to private ownership in mid-1987 in what was seen as a retrenchment and change in direction of its development . |
| 17 | Moreover , France had good ships in quantity and merchandise in plenty with which to trade . |
| 18 | He suggested that one of the functions of ritual is the shedding of ‘ bad ’ feelings , being the final resort in conflict-solving in what he calls ‘ social drama ’ . |
| 19 | The group consisted of pensions administrator , ( previously featured in LINK for her photographic wizardry ) , four brave young ladies from the Key Street and Lower Brook Street offices and an editor in tow — to jot down the details . |
| 20 | Thus we find the same teaching in Hinduism , Buddhism , Zen , Taoism , the sacred book of Zoroastrianism and in Islam of which Sufism becomes the perfection . |
| 21 | She wanted us to do what we already were — in hope of my becoming pregnant in her place . |
| 22 | His tone had changed again , and now he spoke like a worried father who still lives in hope for his son . |
| 23 | Before doing any deal , Hewlett-Packard would have to weigh whether it would gain more from what would effectively be privileged access to Siemens ' customers than it would lose in self-impact on its already strong position in western Germany . |
| 24 | His Procession of Passion Prayers gives welcome prayers for devotion in meditation on our Lord 's revelation of God 's eternal love . |
| 25 | Johnson disliked the riding he had experienced on Skye , complaining of its ‘ unsocial ’ nature , owing to the usual narrowness of the way which never permitted two abreast ; and , he said , ‘ you can not indulge in meditation by yourself , because you must be always attending to the steps which your horse takes ’ . |
| 26 | From about 18 months a child will watch and show interest in naughtiness by their siblings ( Dunn and Munn 1985 ) . |
| 27 | However successful British Coal is in the future in building on its outstanding success in recent years and improving productivity , one of its basic problems is that it can sell only coal . |
| 28 | This , of course , assumes that there are returning officers in existence to whom the Clerk can send the writ . |
| 29 | There are enough access difficulties already in existence for us to worry us . |
| 30 | With a double muscled trait in existence within his own Weekfield flock for many years , Mr Slade wonders why the Beltex is attracting so much interest . |