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in case of

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in case of

If there should be.
Take an umbrella in case of rain.
In case of emergency, break glass.

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I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting. Ronald Reagan

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. W. C. Fields

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar. Abraham Lincoln

Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support to each other in case of sudden trouble or danger. Kenneth Grahame

All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or religious, to leave the society they belong to, and enter into another. Samuel Adams

Collect promptly, pay slowly; who knows, in case of an accident, you'll pay nothing. Sicilian Proverb

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