Example sentences of "[pron] might [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , I kept blaming you for everything , but that was n't fair , a lot of it was my fault too , and I might make the same mistakes all over again , and I could n't bear that . |
| 2 | As always I got up at once so that I might cherish the ninety minutes until we assembled for work — minutes that were mine — not the authorities . |
| 3 | ‘ If I might say a few words , Headmaster , on that , ’ put in Glenda Grower ( History , French and World Religions if absolutely pressed ) . |
| 4 | So I fell into one of my enjoyable reveries , examining the problem from every angle , looking for the key point where I might provoke a few kilocreds to tumble into my lap , by acquiring a bit of phetam . |
| 5 | He thinks perhaps I might have a few days away from here . |
| 6 | ‘ I might get the two boxes back , ’ he lied . |
| 7 | I 'm still terrified , even though McDunn 's on my side , because I can see he 's not so hopeful any more and if they take him off this I might get the bad cops , the ones that just want a confession and Christ I 'm in England , not Scotland , and despite the McGuire Seven and the Guildford Four they still have n't changed the law : down here you can still be convicted on an uncorroborated confession even if you try to retract it later . |
| 8 | She thought I might know the right channels . ’ |
| 9 | And above all , it was vital not to do anything which might give the Soviet authorities grounds for hindering the return of our own men . |
| 10 | If a takeover does become the subject of civil litigation or criminal proceedings , the Panel will normally suspend publication of any of its own findings which might influence the legal proceedings . |
| 11 | Leitzig explained that it was actually there to blot out any outside noises which might distract the skilled operators from their delicate and sensitive work . |
| 12 | Using this method conflicting findings have been reported in studies of diabetic subjects ( Dollery et al , 1979 ; Davis et al , 1981 ) , and it is now generally accepted that there may be considerable non-specific interference in assaying this metabolite in plasma which might explain the different findings ( Greaves & Preston , 1982 ; Dollery et al , 1983 ) . |
| 13 | The court allowed a deposition to be taken in New Zealand , which might convince the other parties of the genuineness of the claim , but it was only to be admitted in evidence with their consent . |
| 14 | ‘ During the last few weeks , we have , therefore , been talking to the board of the Bank of Edinburgh about a number of options which might reduce the protracted time-scales that affected the proposal . |
| 15 | 3 In addition to providing for strong and responsible government it has been claimed that the system provides for moderate government because the two parties in a two-party system must strive to occupy the middle ground where the votes lie thickest and this obliges them to control their extremists who might dissuade the middling voters from giving their support . |
| 16 | She might get a few days riding from it , but it could not survive for long . |
| 17 | At the same time you might score a few wounds on the enemy , and with a huge rank bonus and bonus from your standard you stand as good a chance as you 're going to get . |
| 18 | Finally you might consider the changing seasons when choosing your colour combinations . |
| 19 | ( If you have access to the original publication , you might find the explanatory notes on p. 90 of interest . ) |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | In order to make effective requests and commands , you might try the following steps recommended by the Australian psychologist Alan Hudson : |
| 22 | Apart from the meetings being packed out as already mentioned , he says that , ‘ On the Lord's-days there was no disorder to be seen in the streets , but you might hear an hundred families singing psalms and repeating sermons as you passed through the streets . |
| 23 | One might consider the primary choices for domestic policy to be those affecting autonomy , security , efficiency and the distribution of wealth . |
| 24 | ‘ Virtually all the staff appear to be foreign , sir , other than what one might call the old retainers . ’ |
| 25 | No such event occurs in Shakespeare , of course , and my use of this model is meant to stimulate thought about how we might classify the many shifts between verse and prose that take place in Shakespeare , most frequently in the middle-period plays . |
| 26 | Of course the parallel between ontogeny and phylogeny can not be carried the whole way through — prehistoric human beings did not look like newborn babies — but there are various reasons why we might expect the early stages of embryonic development to have some relation to the early stages of our evolution . |
| 27 | For example in trying to increase the fuel efficiency of a car we might create the following sub-problems : better fuel consumption in the cylinder ; better timing of ignition ; use of exhaust gas heat ; reduction of weight of body ; less fuel consumption for air conditioners etc . |
| 28 | ‘ Then , when you disinherited me on the spot — oh , I do n't blame you for that , do n't think it ! — when you said we might reap the just rewards of our flight and marry as paupers , he … he left me flat . ’ |
| 29 | You look ready to dance with rage , and although we might collect a few pennies from them in return for our providing such a spectacle I hardly think that we could put it on as a permanent entertainment ! ’ |
| 30 | Back on the country roads there was more time to play with the switches , and wonder how we might stop the heated seats giving us sticky shirts ( no luck , though Swedish efficiency doubtless means that this was our fault ) . |