Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] might [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peering around for a locker where she might find some clothes , she stood . |
| 2 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 3 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |
| 4 | Even in these circumstances , where one might expect unemployed people to be net receivers , McKee shows that they give as well as receive and the list of what they give looks remarkably similar to the list of items which they receive . |
| 5 | They were n't right for each other and maybe a marriage would last a shorter time than a more informal , less intense liaison ; brief and bitter , both of them on proximity fuses with things coming rapidly to a crunch , rather than something more drawn out , where they might spend long periods apart and so forget how much they hated being together , and enjoy the fleeting , passionate moments of reunion … |
| 6 | Such routes should increase in density towards the town centre , where they might have weather-protection canopies and be served by what Ramsay has called ‘ pedestrian service points ’ . |
| 7 | That 's like full of about dozen or so papers each one I think , if it 's the book I 'm thinking of , is about a different community or a different language er so you might find some information about Samoa where there 's a different societal hierarchical structure . |
| 8 | Rainbow sings the praises of the weather and the day , offers a quick run to Alexandra Palace so they might continue last night 's interesting conversation under the morning sky . |
| 9 | Republicans are likely to pick up seats in the House , so he might have more leverage there , but this will be counter-balanced by the probable increase in the number of Democratic seats in the Senate . |
| 10 | The second question is the second certainly made by the Noble Earl was that the Department of Transport were urgently examining the situation , I trust with the Home Office at the same time and I would suggest that we might in fact discuss this matter if I might make er if I might make this suggestion to the Noble Earl , between now and the report stage , so that this matter can be clarified but I am sure that he will understand that we would not in fact be er feel able to erm ignore this issue er in the period between the beginning of the committee stage today and the third reading of this Bill , we do expect Government amendments to be introduced . |
| 11 | But oh , if I might have this ability to impart the Holy Spirit ! |
| 12 | I wondered as I thought of secrets if I might find some release in telling Lili the thing that festered in my soul , and I asked her if she would listen . |
| 13 | No , cos I might put another piece , another |
| 14 | ‘ I wondered if you might have any papers relating to it . ’ |
| 15 | Instead he said , ‘ I was going to ask you if we might have some breakfast . |
| 16 | Otherwise defender Darren Wassall may begin to wonder if he might make more money by doing something else at Wembley tomorrow . |
| 17 | ‘ We very much want to trace the driver of that vehicle because they might hold vital information which could result in this robbery being solved , ’ added the spokesman . |
| 18 | He further argued , or at least implied , that to permit a ‘ non-catholic ’ to adopt children would be wrong because it might put such children 's eternal salvation in jeopardy ( Whyte 1980 : 188–9 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Later on , the word ‘ magic ’ replaces the accurate translation ‘ black magic ’ , presumably because it might offend racial sensibilities . |
| 20 | Stroud District Council says it ca n't allow the face to stay because it might tempt other people to paint their dishes . |
| 21 | OSF because it might get additional royalties for its technologies , particularly the Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) . |
| 22 | While one might expect eventual decisions to be made purely on the merits of the case , earlier evidence indicates that some objections are more likely to succeed in influencing decision-makers than others . |
| 23 | Whilst you might use these behaviours and through them create an impression of being genuine , it will , of course , quickly be destroyed unless you do what you say you will do . |
| 24 | ‘ Was it your impression , ’ he asked Meh'Lindi , ‘ that Carnelian was performing a lightning calculation as to whether we might stand any chance of still saving Stalinvast if we jumped back into normal space ? ’ |
| 25 | Though you might expect some echoes of a Telecaster or a Les Paul Junior , it actually sounds like neither . |
| 26 | Sizes are imprecise , as one might suppose any material would be if drawn through a hole with a cutting edge ! |
| 27 | Helen postponed telephoning , as one might hoard some delicacy , to savour it the longer in anticipation . |
| 28 | As one might imagine this method was maddeningly inconvenient and very inaccurate . |
| 29 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |
| 30 | Just as we might have black hair and brown eyes , we bear the characteristics of our job . |