Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] might [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | People with whom one has had personal or professional differences — a row or a clash of principle — are best avoided ( albeit sometimes with real regret ) because meeting them might demand emotional resources that are n't there , open old wounds , or challenge one 's public certainties that in fact feel all too precarious . |
2 | But while tanks revved in Lima 's main square , Washington shut off aid to Peru , worth nearly £200 million , and signalled it might veto new loans from multilateral institutions . |
3 | At last , however , the Radio One crew were told they might get 10 minutes maximum down at the Disney Studios where Madonna as rehearsing for her world tour . |
4 | One alternative explanation was put forward in terms of attention focusing which might explain both effects in terms of feelings of risk . |
5 | We would appeal to anyone who thinks they might know these bikers to come forward . ’ |
6 | But , by exploring the aspirations and motivations of groups of blacks who were highly charged and who brought extraordinary energy to their chosen tasks , I thought I might find some clues as to the kinds of things which move black kids : what makes them tick . |
7 | I thought it might take two years of training . ’ |
8 | I should think it might put some customers off . |
9 | I think you might have better things Oh do you ? |
10 | ‘ In late 1992 we think we might see some signs of improvement in the US or some European countries ’ . |
11 | erm I sometimes feel erm that erm in fact = it would be a good idea when I see people doing things which I regard as immediately dangerous , but I think it might make considerable difficulties for the relationship between the police and the motoring public which erm are already at times very strained , and I 'm not sure , for some of the reasons erm that Norbert has suggested , that it 's erm necessarily a very erm happy system . |
12 | You said it might make two sheets . |
13 | I 'm positive I did n't really mean yes I was really meaning we might get some answers that are n't |
14 | She suspected it might have special powers . |