Example sentences of "[pers pn] might [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose if I lived in Middlesbrough I might vote for Stuart Bell , the Labour barrister who fought such a courageous battle on behalf of the families in the awful Cleveland affair . |
| 2 | I might go for a stroll to get up an appetite — the exercise 'll do me good . ’ |
| 3 | I might go for something . |
| 4 | If there is something I might do for you in return ? ’ |
| 5 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 6 | ‘ I might sue for damages , ’ he threatened with vindictive relish , disregarding her complaint . |
| 7 | Ooh I might come for me tea tomorrow then |
| 8 | Er I might come for a little while . |
| 9 | Could you tell me what kit I might need for the cross country phase for both horse and rider ? |
| 10 | The little shop had been arranged as what I have seen described as a mini-hypermarket , so I found a basket and busied myself with collecting what supplies I thought I might need for the next couple of days . |
| 11 | I knew that there was one place , and one place only — and there one person only — to which I might turn for help ! |
| 12 | I felt I might cry for ever , whereupon Stu shouted ‘ Wensleydale ! ’ and I just howled some more , like a jackal , like a pathetic pye-dog . |
| 13 | And then , you know you think well erm , this sort of the area we 're going , I might look for a person , you know , particular types of person . |
| 14 | I was a bit nervous , because I thought she might go for me , but I crawled into the cage and put a slip lead on her . |
| 15 | She 's just part of your job , and whatever she might feel for anyone else is beside the point . |
| 16 | Sorry as she might feel for her now , she had contacted Veronica with the aim of finding out more about her husband 's killer . |
| 17 | Any personal animosity she might feel for Niall Grant must be set aside . |
| 18 | ‘ She does not , ’ he said , adding savagely , ‘ but she might care for me a little ! ’ |
| 19 | It must have done , Leith realised , for Rosemary was still taking the greatest pains that not so much as a whiff of the fact that she might care for someone else got out . |
| 20 | She might stay for a a weekend or something , but I mean erm |
| 21 | ‘ I believe , in a case like yours , ’ wrote Mountbatten , coincidentally on St Valentine 's Day in 1974 , ‘ the man should sow his wild oats and have as many affairs as he can before settling down , but for a wife he should choose a suitable , attractive and sweet-charactered girl before she met anyone else she might fall for . |
| 22 | There was one particular youth whom she thought she might approach for information . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got an old pal of yours in here — David Bowie ’ , he said , ‘ we 're talking about making an album but he 's got this song which I do n't like at all , but you might care for it . |
| 24 | Then you might care for me to redraft the complete document in more concise form . |
| 25 | The sweeping contours of the hill at that point have always reminded me of a huge wave about to break , and it 's an uncomfortable thought trying to imagine where you might stop for lunch , and what would happen if you dropped your orange . |
| 26 | If travelling in a car , you might stop for a few minutes as a penalty , refusing to speak to the child until he behaves . |
| 27 | You might vote for Conservative , but that 's the Labour Party ? |
| 28 | You might cope for a while with one eye closed or one hand behind your back but you would n't keep it up for long — nor would you perform at maximum ability . |
| 29 | You might arrange for pay to be given out at a different time and check whether the trains are less crowded somewhat earlier in the afternoon . |
| 30 | Here 's how you might prepare for these tutorials : |