Example sentences of "[pron] might [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , however , I cherished the fantasy that I might one day have a son who would fulfil that dream , and always he had Leslie 's eyes , dark , with soft expressive light . |
| 2 | I made no notes of these visits to Out Patients , for at the time I had no idea that I might one day feel my experience with cancer sufficiently interesting to write about . |
| 3 | It never crossed my mind that I might one day have to fight . |
| 4 | They say I had the vanity to suppose that he and I might one day share the authorship of some literary work . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , and I might one day be Queen of England ! |
| 6 | Well I might this , this , the time fitting in with the families , they 're , they 're likely to come back |
| 7 | Well I do n't , I 'm bread and I might some of it on the top . |
| 8 | The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ . |
| 9 | Quite obviously , there is a good deal of , as yet , classified technology which might one day be available for all sorts of hazard mitigation purposes . |
| 10 | If gaunt-face had been looking up at the Clubroom windows in the hope of seeing Filmer — or of Filmer seeing him — maybe Filmer would come down to talk to him and maybe I could photograph them both together , which might one day prove useful . |
| 11 | Either way it is of little use to the bereft locked full of raw grief , which might one day mature into something more bearable , and might not . |
| 12 | ‘ And who might that be ? ’ |
| 13 | As the one who might one day step into his father 's shoes he was also the one who stood most in his father 's shadow . |
| 14 | Wallers , masons , builders and slaters ; those engaged building and maintaining water races ; surface carters , and labourers who might one day find themselves cutting grass for the mine horses and shovelling tailings or road repairing the next — all fitted into the day-worker class . |
| 15 | Neither programme really effected any change in the course of events , but they did build a sense of trust in those who might one day use us to bear public witness against the Godfathers of terrorism . |
| 16 | ‘ And who might this wicked person be ? ’ the priest asked . |
| 17 | The second reason was that , even were she to have a successful pregnancy and birth , she was terrified that she might one day be carrying her child in her arms when she fainted and might then drop or hurt the child in some way . |
| 18 | She thought that although she might one day be able to accept this stupid time hiccup , she would never ever come to terms with these brief glimpses into another world ; as though a door had opened and closed and that , for a moment , she had stood with one foot on either side of the threshold . |
| 19 | oh , she might peculiar hairdresser |
| 20 | I thought that since the recital is to start at 7.30 you might all like something a little substantial before we set out . |
| 21 | Now you might that will get us on T V and it it is also self financing as well in as much as you set up the promotion , the T V companies but it off you . |
| 22 | You might other roundabouts where they 've got satellite roundabouts . |
| 23 | Are you suggesting you might corrupt me ? ’ she challenged . |
| 24 | The second is that Waqar and Wasim have not , as one might first assume , hollowed out the ball , coconut-style , with the aid of a Black and Decker drill . |
| 25 | As a clue to that significance we might first recall the way in which the laws regarding menstruation and childbirth and this new circumcision appeared at the same time in the history of the Jewish people , and remember what was earlier said about the nature — culture dichotomy and the need of culture to control or impose itself upon what it deems to be nature . |
| 26 | On this issue we might first note that Dicey , in seeking the support of earlier writers for his conception of sovereignty , refers mainly to Coke , Hale , and Blackstone . |
| 27 | We could ask each child to say ( or write ) what they are feeling as they leave the island , but we might first want to focus on the leavetaking in a more active way . |
| 28 | At the time , you sent us a delightful card , which I still have , offering good wishes and expressing the hope we might one day meet . |
| 29 | We might all benefit from a little more of the fresh air and work ethics which one so commonly finds in North American and continental business circles . |
| 30 | If we could all step back and watch ourselves in our daily lives , we might all learn a great deal — and with some effort , we could all no doubt be nicer , more attractive people . |