Example sentences of "what [pers pn] might " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slightly towards one end , on the surface that was now uppermost on the table , rested a long , unevenly shaped darkish slab of what I might have thought was rough-faced granite . |
| 2 | Even among that cosmopolitan crowd I felt awkward in my 1990s rented Renault runabout , but Berlin airport did not have anything for hire with half-tracks at the back , no period Kubelwagen Type 82 staff cars , a Schwimmwagen perhaps , or what I might have really gone for — an old Humber Super Snipe finished in khaki with white mudguards . |
| 3 | I listened to this tale of woe and as I dug with my tiny spade , wondered what I might find , an arm or perhaps a leg , but the only discoveries that I made were small pieces of coal washed up on the beach . |
| 4 | Whilst I was wondering just what I might buy with it , the problem was solved when Mum bought me a grey shirt . |
| 5 | The first was what I might call her physical candour . |
| 6 | The real reason was that she was afraid of what I might find out . |
| 7 | ‘ Who knows what I might do one day ! ’ |
| 8 | But I like learning new things and seeing new places , so one day who knows what I might do ! ’ |
| 9 | Have you any suggestions as to what I might try to overcome the problem ? |
| 10 | You ca n't really expect me to go fishing about underneath your bed if I do n't even know what I might find under it , now can you ? ’ |
| 11 | Small children have strong ideas about what mothers do or do not do ; my own adolescent children are very worried about what I might do in public to embarrass them . |
| 12 | ‘ If I 'd started at 17 or 18 , who knows what I might have achieved . |
| 13 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 14 | My peers are more tolerant , more willing to accept me for what I am rather than for what I might produce or become in the hierarchy . |
| 15 | They also appeared to be suspicious of television , as if wary of what I might ask them . |
| 16 | I strolled on ( binoculars always at the ready , afraid of what I might miss ) as far as the Wire Dump Heligoland trap . |
| 17 | I tried to think what I might be prepared to do to achieve this and concluded almost anything . |
| 18 | What I might do is steal credit cards and use them . |
| 19 | Taste seemed irrelevant — but touch … how on earth could he expect me even to pretend to believe that what I might touch was ‘ psychic ’ ? |
| 20 | Or perhaps … perhaps it 's what I might have to say that you 're frightened of ? |
| 21 | I went through cookbooks to see what I might do with it . |
| 22 | I told myself it was because you disgusted me , but really I was afraid of what I might do and say . |
| 23 | Erm , I never had any idea as to what I might do when I left school , in fact erm , apart from basket making and er one or two manual skills of that sort erm , there was n't much available . |
| 24 | ‘ But do n't be weaving fantasies about me , Ellie , about what I might or might not be , will you ? |
| 25 | ‘ It 's no good thinking of what I might have done , Carrie . |
| 26 | Where you might require specialist advice in what I might describe as ‘ stand alone ’ projects , which in themselves will generate a report , for example , the founder directors requiring a due diligence report on the target company or advice on establishing share option schemes or other suitable management incentives for the new company , I would expect , following a more detailed discussion to provide a separate terms of reference and fee estimate . |
| 27 | I have a look to see what I might wear today . |
| 28 | If he passes his GCSEs , who knows what I might come up with ? ’ |
| 29 | And yet I risked everything I had worked towards , all the hope of what I might do in a position of real power , for something that was obviously doomed to failure from the start . |
| 30 | I suppose while this is for me cos on the sponsorship issue is , would sponsorship have any impact in terms of what I might purchase so if I went to the Scottish Opera or the ballet or to the theatre and I bought a programme which I usually do and one of the things which is interesting about the evening that erm Alan and I spent last time at Scottish Council was that half the people attend Scottish Opera buy a programme and the programmes that I have sponsored always . |