Example sentences of "[pers pn] might [be] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But super super person we 've got , unfortunately she might be offered a job at prison to take their sewing on and then she ca n't do ours . |
| 2 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 3 | The Cycling Council badly needs some income , and I suggest that we might be given a percentage of the revenue , say 20% , in addition to the initial £75 . |
| 4 | They might be given no time to put down territorial roots . |
| 5 | It might be argued a contrario that the term " shop assistant , draper 's assistant etc. " which is recorded for some of the bridegrooms , suggests that " grocer does indeed refer to a shopkeeper . |
| 6 | It might be called a polyamino acid , because the basic units are amino acids . |
| 7 | Point 1 made by Bowley is a more general and fundamental one than the other three and deserves special comment ; it might be called the principle of parsimony . |
| 8 | Graham Taylor is hoping that Santa wo n't give away any goals to England 's World Cup opponents — or he might be given the sack . |
| 9 | He , surprisingly enough , was comparatively sober , which means he was drunk by any ordinary standards , but by the very gauge he had set himself over the years , he might be called a pillar of sobriety — and grumpy with it . |
| 10 | Or he might be handed a file and a tiny silver tool with which to clean her toenails while she dozed in a chair . |