Example sentences of "[prep] him might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James III 's idea of soldiering abroad , for example , to win renown and territory in Brittany and the county to the south , Saintonge , and in Guelders , was blocked by resistance at home ; in 1473 parliament tartly pointed out that if renown was what he was after , what he should be doing was ‘ to travel through his realm and put such justice and policy in his own realm that the brute and the fame of him might pass in other countries ’ . |
| 2 | But at least she would be treading in his footsteps , and somewhere along the way a clearer picture of him might emerge . |
| 3 | Contact with him might result in another kind of dizziness . |
| 4 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 5 | Co-operating with him might lead to a sell-out before they had even started . |
| 6 | And for the chairman of the bank to be showing particular interest in him might alert people who , if the truth is ever to come to light , ought not to be alerted . " |
| 7 | The same came for a witness , to bear witness of the Light , that all men through him might believe . |