Example sentences of "[noun sg] might [vb infin] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not merely a matter of correction here and there — these were ashes ; at best a discord such as some chained bear might pound on a piano . |
| 2 | At one level this meant that the exiguous legal structure of this relationship afforded much social power to the landowner , whose ability to terminate the tenancy at pleasure might hang like a sword of Damocles over the heads of his tenant farmers . |
| 3 | Mrs Geary paused , as a musician might pause for a climax , while the water in her saucepan regained its just heat . |
| 4 | If the offer is accepted , the estate agent might ask for a deposit as a commitment but you are not obliged to hand this over . |
| 5 | ‘ You was breathing fire and brimstone ! ’ she guessed , well knowing the effect a Puck Fair fortune-telling might have on a customer . |
| 6 | Their lordships did , however , state that a different result might apply to a telex message which was not a direct communication in office hours between the acceptor and the offeror , e.g. if it was sent at night or was sent or received through telex machines operated by third persons . |
| 7 | The recommendation following upon an assessment might result in a child with a hearing disability being placed in a local primary school rather than in a special unit for children who are deaf or partially hearing . |
| 8 | But it was always feared that a Clinton victory in an American Presidential election might lead to a shift in US policy with regard to the Northern Ireland problem . |
| 9 | I date say a cheap day return from British Rail might account for a lot of it , but the rest is speculation . |
| 10 | William Assheton 's attitude to the design of the conversion was based on the view that although the building might function as a house , it ought still to be recognisable as a church . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're really very busy at the moment , but give me a ring tomorrow in my office and we 'll try and make a date ’ he said feebly , hoping his lack of enthusiasm might act as a deterrent . |
| 12 | The Civil Authorities ( Special Powers ) Act 1922 enabled the security forces to search and arrest arbitrarily , to detain suspects for up to 48 hours for the sole purpose of interrogation and to break up assemblies of three or more persons on the grounds that their presence might lead to a breach of the peace . |
| 13 | As for the circumstances in which an auditor might come under a duty to report , the banking act as well as the financial services act and the insurance companies act , uses , use the phrase in his capacity as auditor , here again we have no powers to clarify this on the face of the regulations . |
| 14 | But it must have been a temptation in poor working-class communities , where virginity in any case was not sacred , where the stigma against extra-marital sex was weak , and where a prostitute could earn in half an hour what a respectable girl might earn in a week . |
| 15 | The Fine Art degree might lead to a career in the visual media , or as a practising artist . |
| 16 | At eleven a child might transfer to a grammar or central ( technical trade ) school or remain in a ‘ reorganised secondary school ’ . |
| 17 | Once again Scott felt that she was asking for something unreasonable , something a child might ask of a parent . |
| 18 | So such a child might say to a carer or someone they trust , ‘ Look after my Mummy and Daddy , please , because they are very upset . |
| 19 | She was wearing what appeared to be a borrowed jacket in place of her own heavy overcoat and shawl , something light enough to allow her to carry on even though the sun might go behind a cloud every now and again . |
| 20 | Order dropped from my memory as a sticky substance melted in the sun might drop from a table and spread on the floor . |
| 21 | Samuel Johnson , who was something of a hero of the new school , once remarked that a man is seldom so innocently employed as when he is making money , and that celebrated remark might serve as a slogan for much of modern British fiction . |
| 22 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 23 | The next stage is to deduct any pecuniary gain that the husband might receive as a result of the death of the wife ( eg it will no longer be necessary to support the wife ) . |
| 24 | They shepherded their charges with a cheerful , maternal competence as if to reassure them that the place might look like a prison but was as gently beneficent as a nursing home and that they were only there for their own good . |
| 25 | The body might consist of a chairman and some twenty members , academics and non-academics , with a significant weight attaching to industry and commerce . |
| 26 | The notion that an enzyme might exist in a number of forms decided purely on probability is anathema to many scientists . |
| 27 | He spoke as a connoisseur might speak of a cheese or a wine . |
| 28 | Back To The Planet might appeal to a section of the so-called dregs of society , but they feel they 're setting a different agenda . |
| 29 | But for those who came from the youth system OR came as youngsters/inexperienced — they do nt get that money , and one day might ask for a move just to get that one lump sum . |
| 30 | When Carradine was shot down , Yggdrasil had withdrawn from the Dream , feeling the hurt a whale might feel from a tick . |