Example sentences of "might get a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are lucky you might get a codex thrown in for a good measure for telecomms application . |
| 2 | You might get a clip round the ear . |
| 3 | For the first time , the Christian Democrat vote was less than 30 per cent for both Houses of Parliament — though by the vagaries of the complex system of distributing seats it looked as if the alliance might get a majority in the lower house , the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 4 | But I was certainly hoping that they [ the widows ] might get a better response . |
| 5 | Go to a pub in Liverpool Broadgreen and you might get a Militant video with your pint , courtesy of Terry Field . |
| 6 | Young stays there until something happens : he might get a picture within half an hour , although he has hung around until 4 am . |
| 7 | But after seeing signs of a pick-up in American demand , he says the hotel industry might get a boost around September , on the basis that recovery here lags America by about four months . |
| 8 | Fortunately for the police complaints department , skins seem to regard this as part of the normal way of life , in the same way they might get a good hiding from their old man to make them toe the line at home . |
| 9 | ‘ Henry ! ’ said Elinor , in a voice that suggested that if he did n't shut up he might get a clip round the ear . |
| 10 | This is a good exercise to practise if you are sitting in a restaurant or on a train journey — but do n't let your chosen subject catch you staring or you might get a reaction you had n't bargained for ! |
| 11 | You might get a real bad one and then you had a rough time but mostly they gave way and very often , if you got a drunk , another policeman saw you were having some difficulty . |
| 12 | ET might get a crossed line |
| 13 | You might get a bass riff or something , as a hook for the song , but the solos were strictly ad lib . |
| 14 | He then suggested a way in which The Queen might get a tax rebate — by claiming ‘ the Crown Jewels were made by Ratner ’ . |
| 15 | But , he adds , he might get a few international tickets out of it , which are as rare as gold dust . |
| 16 | A curate at St Luke 's , an older man from the West Indies , almost persuaded my parents to let me go out to Codrington College in the West Indies , but my headmaster was firm against this , expressing the hope that I might get a scholarship to an English university . |
| 17 | One word of warning : do n't assume that your surprise attack is always going to work , otherwise you might get a nasty surprise yourself . |
| 18 | If you are short of money , you might get a few pounds for one , but if not , keep them till I return to see you — and our child . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We might get a palm print , sir . ’ |
| 20 | If you 're very lucky you might get a chance to attack advancing units in the flank as they move forward . |
| 21 | You might get a slight off-set onto the blotters and you may have to retouch some areas . |
| 22 | At least now I know that perhaps one day we might get a car — even save up for a house — and that 's something to look forward to … so I do n't think of myself as a cabbage . |
| 23 | We might get a mince pie . |
| 24 | As his series of meetings progressed , some at Chartwell , some in London , there was even fear on the part of Jones and Davidson that he might get a settlement in the absence of the Prime Minister and thus damage Baldwin 's position . |
| 25 | She might get a pound or two for that lot . |
| 26 | A few months later Sanders recalled that Lloyd George had " prophesied great unpopularity for the government during the period of demobilisation and said if we had an election in the Spring we might get a Bolshevik Government . |
| 27 | I always held that view and did all I could to press for an election before Christmas in order that we might get a majority large enough to stand the racket . " |
| 28 | But just when we thought the evenings might get a bit boring . |
| 29 | I thought someone might get a couple of black eyes or something . |
| 30 | Might get a pair of shoes and a two piece coat and trousers you see , but invariably your school attire was a jersey and er a pair of trousers . |