Example sentences of "what [pers pn] might find " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The real reason was that she was afraid of what I might find out . |
| 3 | 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | Picking Benny up gently he cradled his head in his lap , conscious of his-mother standing in the garden , her hand over her mouth as if terrified of what she might find . |
| 5 | But still , for week after week , she never dared see if she was right , because she was afraid of what she might find within . |
| 6 | She pounded into the frost-rimed chamber , breath freezing in front of her face , checking each possible place of concealment for a figure , dreading what she might find . |
| 7 | You are afraid and full of excitement at thoughts of what you might find . |
| 8 | But asking a trusty neighbour to keep an eye on your property should mean you can enjoy your holiday without worrying about what you might find when you get home . |
| 9 | You could n't walk into his dressing-room five minutes after the curtain came down for fear of what you might find him doing . |
| 10 | You would never quite know what you might find here ; you would certainly find unexpected flights of stairs which might lead anywhere at all , and you would surely sometimes come upon doorways you had not known existed . |
| 11 | What you might find is that out of er fifty women , thirty smoke , twenty do n't smoke . |
| 12 | But what you might find is that there 's an association between smoking and non-smoking . |
| 13 | if I do that you 've all got to scatter and we were really worried about what we might find . |
| 14 | You never know what we might find . ’ |
| 15 | It is important to establish empathy with patients who have visual problems in order to discover what they might find helpful , and what is required for independence to be maintained or regained . |
| 16 | The men moved about cautiously , looking with curiosity at what they might find . |
| 17 | Afraid of the occupant of that room , afraid of what he might find , yet , simultaneously , knowing exactly what he would find . |