Example sentences of "[pron] might [verb] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I would n't like to stay there very long , because , as I said , I might want to go to school again . |
| 2 | ‘ I might have to go to court . ’ |
| 3 | I might have to ask for help with that as well . ’ |
| 4 | So , let's think about our objectives , first of all an objective , I might have come to Abbey Life to make money , last year , I might have been working in a factory , earning fifteen , twelve , fifteen thousand a year , and I might make my objective in my first year with Abbey Life to earn sixty thousand pounds . |
| 5 | I explained that I was afraid I was jinxed , that I brought death and destruction upon all those near me , and also that I was afraid I might get sent to prison because people would think I had murdered Esmerelda . |
| 6 | The marking of Part-numbers only comes into its own when text containing a Part-number is passed by Guide to the dispatch system : the dispatch system can readily identify part numbers within the material passed to it , and there is no ambiguity between true part numbers and other strings of characters which might happen to look like part numbers . |
| 7 | Open consideration of sexual matters and casual reference to them have become possible to an extent which would have been unthinkable as little as a generation ago and which might have led to criminal — or lunacy — proceedings at the beginning of the century . |
| 8 | CLASSIC Thoroughbred shares fell 1 to 21/2p as the company announced that talks , which might have led to takeover offer , have been ended . |
| 9 | Understandably , he was curious as to the reason for my enquiries , so I told him you were a distant relative , a spinster who had no other relatives and who might wish to get in touch with him . |
| 10 | Meanwhile many intelligent deaf people who might have gone into education , but now finding these opportunities non-existent because of the Education Act of 1893 which had implemented the Royal Commission for the Education of the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb 's recommendations , were now turning to missioner positions in deaf societies and institutes for a living . |
| 11 | There can be little doubt that this fact proved influential in reducing the strength of the cavalry ( a strength which , as we have seen , was contracting because of the new requirements of war ) and of turning many who might have fought on horseback into men-at-arms who rode into battle , dismounted , and then fought on foot . |
| 12 | It was the sort of jokingly glib comment she might have made on stage . |
| 13 | In contrast , if a married woman were unfaithful to her husband she might have to die for Izzat to be restored . |
| 14 | Lastly you might choose to rely on advice to farmers and fertiliser manufacturers . |
| 15 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your guilt you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your guilt feelings and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 16 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your inadequacy , you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your feelings of inadequacy and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 17 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your inhibition you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your inhibition and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 18 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your jealousy you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your jealousy and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 19 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your worry you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your worry and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 20 | Peter Robinson , a Democratic Unionist MP , said people were sceptical of ‘ the idea of rogue cops going around to take out IRA terrorists — it 's the sort of stuff you might expect to see on television with Clint Eastwood ’ . |
| 21 | Giving of yourself should never be linked to what you might hope to gain in return . |
| 22 | Even if you 're upright you might need to call for assistance . |
| 23 | Now in order to move yourself forward you might need to go to excess , you might need at least to tolerate excesses . |
| 24 | ‘ You might have guessed at collusion , ’ I suggested . |
| 25 | Oh , you telephoned me the very next night from Prague , ’ she remembered , as too she remembered without difficulty , ‘ I thought you might have rung in connection with that wretched , abominable interview , but you were so bad-tempered … ’ |
| 26 | You know , they you the you might have to get in touch with . |
| 27 | Previous weight-loss or crash diets may well have failed in the short or long term because they did not take into account problems you might have had with food allergy or intolerance . |
| 28 | Others may surprise you by being woefully unprepared and you may find yourself taking the initiative more often than you might have expected in order to be able to put across as many of your good points as possible . |
| 29 | Some of you might have taken into consideration the heel on my shoe . |
| 30 | As you can see the Parish Council are totally opposed to the siting of the mast in this particular position , and they would welcome any comments you might wish to make in support of their case . |