Example sentences of "he might [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thought occurred once again to Henry that someone who was n't him might have a sexual interest in his wife . |
| 2 | ‘ He might hire a private detective to tail you . |
| 3 | He might grow an orange tree out of his ear . |
| 4 | ‘ So it 's only Mr Stonebird we 're considering — as a clergyman 's son and an anthropologist he might drink a great deal . ’ |
| 5 | Sometimes , another dealer tipped off a director as to the identities of miscreants , so as to curry favour for which he might reap a tangible reward like extra leads . |
| 6 | A friend treated her to a pukkah drinks-dispensing butler who asked if he might make a personal remark before teetering off into the small hours . |
| 7 | A similar clarification was made by Menem himself on Jan. 8 when he also suggested the possibility that he might make an official visit to the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | Miraculously , when invited for the Hunt Ball , he had asked if he might bring an old school friend who was staying with him , hiring horses for a few days ' hunting . |
| 9 | The usual pattern was for all to congregate in Minton 's studio where he might cook a large risotto after which they went to a film . |
| 10 | With his dyed hair , multiple earrings and parachute boots , he might present a formidable sight to some , but he 's one of the most amiable punks you could wish to meet . |
| 11 | On 10 May 1794 , Huntingford wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons ( who had himself been elected a vice-president of the College ) as follows : ‘ Honble Sir , I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject of the Veterinary College did not the recent business of Wm Stone who stands charged with High Treason prove the cause of his exerting himself to my prejudice in favor of M Vial the late Professor , to be that he might establish a French Connection in that Institution in order that he might through the channel carry on his correspondence with the enemy . |
| 12 | He might become a Temporary Water Sports Development Officer . |
| 13 | No he might he 's he might get a few friends and go out or . |
| 14 | ‘ He might get a different report from our gunners . |
| 15 | They had come , they said , to take Klein to lunch and to have a friendly discussion about a matter in which he might have a mutual interest . |
| 16 | ‘ He might have a spare can , ’ said Joanne . |
| 17 | It certainly sounds as if he might have a peptic ulcer — especially as the pain is eased by milk . |
| 18 | Gwenellen hopefully suggested he might have a secret mistress . |
| 19 | To build up his pot , because he might have a bad month , or he might want to go on holiday . |
| 20 | ‘ If you could find out who the man was , the one who was there on Christmas Day evening … he might have a few answers . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But now I am concerned that he might have a different response this year ! ’ |
| 22 | He might have an each way chance . |
| 23 | I kept silent , thinking that he might have an embarrassing speech impediment . |
| 24 | He might have an interesting tale to tell but it could probably be told in the space of thirty minutes and on later meetings hauled out and paraded again exactly as it was on the first occasion . |
| 25 | Yes , he might have an amusing time with the two women , he thought suddenly , in the nicest possible way . |
| 26 | The appointment of Louis Gerstner as IBM Corp 's new chairman and chief executive is a very courageous decision , Mr Burke , as that archetypal civil servant Sir Humphrey would tell his minister whenever the hapless Hacker suggested he might follow a particular course of action . |
| 27 | And he might take a personal dislike to one of nurses . |
| 28 | But if the Martian truly were a little Green man , he might take a different view . |
| 29 | he might say a few words inside the hut , and that |
| 30 | On the other hand , there is a fair chance that he might find a magic potion which will restore him to full strength and heal his wounds . |