Example sentences of "[pron] might [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I might make a little bit more than a social worker and I get to enjoy myself with my clients ’ . |
| 2 | like , I might make a determined effort , but I know what a |
| 3 | If I might interpose a personal remark here ( not perhaps too inaptly , given the circumstances ! ) |
| 4 | I might offer a clichéd solution : ‘ No use crying over spilt milk . ’ |
| 5 | I might manage a short-term prediction , though . ’ |
| 6 | Then I think I might grab an early night … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Any sponsor would have to realise that although I might lose an occasional race when I could have won , I am able to run far more races and to winy many , only because I do n't put myself under any pressure by expecting or even wanting to win . |
| 8 | I suggested , and then went on to say that I might find a little job . |
| 9 | If he 'd give me time I might find a proper answer . |
| 10 | I think I might consider a medical career when I grow up . |
| 11 | I might buy a little business , maybe a newsagency — pipes , tobacco , a few books , stationery , fishing tackle . |
| 12 | I perhaps have worked out , I need a clerical assistant and so forth , I might need a small van to actually take my widget on a Friday , to Widget , or Big Widget factory , or whatever it is I do with these widgets . |
| 13 | I had become so eidetically adept that I could make these phantom partners mutate in mid-thrust , so that while I might penetrate a swivel-hipped virgin , clean and childishly scented , I would come in the flabby , dentureless , food-flecked mouth of an octogenarian . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I do n't know , ’ said Amiss , ‘ I think I might become a popular pet of the young . |
| 15 | And I might have a little bit . |
| 16 | Peter Cole , chairman of Bramshill Parish Council , in whose bailiwick the town would have fallen , said : ‘ I might have an extra beer today , but I am saving the champagne for another 21 days . |
| 17 | Perhaps he thought I might have an interesting story to tell . |
| 18 | I might get a blooming letter from Pauline someone then might n't I ? |
| 19 | As someone might discard an empty mixifoam container . |
| 20 | ‘ The level depends on the geology under each house — next door could be safe but yours might have a high level , ’ explains Jill Wilkinson of the National Radiological Protection Board . |
| 21 | The typical economic variables used in empirical studies , variables such as output , prices and interest rates , are such that it is usually possible to think of some reason why any one of them might exert an independent influence on another . |
| 22 | And if the pirates sleep on shore tonight , one of them might have an unpleasant surprise ! ’ |
| 23 | The construction of two more regularly-shaped ( planned ? ) insulae in the western part of the town , which might represent a separate stage if , as some photographs suggest , their principal axes originally extended beyond the defences . |
| 24 | Only when the Government could prove that disclosure would cause " grave and irreparable injury to the public interest " — details , for example , of troop deployment in wartime or information which might trigger a nuclear war — was a court entitled to stop the presses . |
| 25 | It is possible that only a very marked and rapid reduction in interest rates , which might cause a substantial shift in confidence , would be effective . |
| 26 | Sometimes it is necessary to wait for an incoming aircraft which might cause a slight delay before you proceed to the resort . |
| 27 | This figure acts variously as the symbol and chief bearer of the admirably strong , tightly-knit family and culture , as the oppressed subject of traditional Asian patriarchal practices , as a problem because of her failure to learn the language and customs which might allow a smoother integration of her community and children into ‘ the British way of life ’ , and full of sexual charm and allure produced by a demure seductiveness replete with the promise of a mysterious Oriental eroticism . |
| 28 | At level 8 , this might include some debating activities within a formal structure , opportunities to give talks on a topic of individual interest or expertise , leading a group activity towards a planned outcome or presentation ( which might include a wider audience than the class ) . |
| 29 | The duck had instantly spied this tiny speck which might signify a flying predator . |
| 30 | Wherever they went , they would have to go on foot , which might take a long time . |