Example sentences of "[pron] might [verb] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 So I might ask dad to help me put on the roof-rack .
2 ‘ No , but perhaps in this spot I might find wildlife to slay . ’
3 In answer to one question he said " I might read extracts to show that the great majority of those who left Oa went entirely of their own free will . "
4 oh when I 've finished doing this I might Has Matthew decided what he 's going to do ? has he applied for university ?
5 I might have trouble crossing the road here .
6 And , although I might get things thrown at me by my band mates , I 'd really have to take ‘ Exile On Main Street ’ or ‘ Physical Graffiti ’ — a couple of rock classics from my youth . ’
7 In as far as the plotters hoped to engineer a state of affairs which might enable Japan to occupy substantial parts of Manchuria , the plot failed .
8 Other NATO matters , such as the introduction of a multinational command structure with a European as supreme commander , and new ideas on changes which might enable France to rejoin NATO 's military command [ see below ] , were also understood to have been raised .
9 But in her personal and religious life she was very far from wise or sober , which might lead theologians to think that the apparition of Christ which she saw was a hallucination rather than a pure vision .
10 ( 28 ) You never gave information which might help others get in ahead of you .
11 One final point on the relationship of social class to crime : it may not be low social class in itself which is associated with crime , but rather that low social class is liable to be linked with other factors , perhaps parental criminality , deprivation or inadequacy of some kind , which might predispose individuals brought up in certain social classes toward criminality .
12 For example , National & Provincial Building Society offered a mortgage helpline and hints for those who might have difficulty meeting the new level of payments .
13 The show is custom-built by Janet Street-Porter 's rapidly expanding youth and entertainment empire and is aimed squarely at people under the age of 25 who might have difficulty identifying an Andy Warhol , never mind a Renaissance masterpiece .
14 Such sums could prove attractive to all sorts of unsavoury characters , including those who might have money to launder .
15 ‘ I would appeal to anyone who might have information to contact the police as soon as possible . ’
16 She wished desperately that Ellen were in London that she might send Lizzie to judge how Oreste fared and what he understood , but as it was she had no means of knowing .
17 but , then again with Eileen you never know with Eileen she says well it 's , it depends on our Sandra she said I 'm not building up on it cos you know what she is , but she says if you know she might want Alan to come and then she goes on and , and then , then she says I do n't know what we shall do really if we do come , she says cos if Eileen wo n't , she 's work , really ca n't come if Alan comes
18 Explain why you might expect division to perform better than a ‘ perfect ’ randomizing algorithm , and by how much .
19 ‘ There are a lot of things that you might expect people to do as part of a normal lifestyle and those are the things that we should invest our time in doing first , I think , before we organise any activity on their behalf .
20 It was a rough grey face , full of rifts and clefts and fissures , out of which , someone said , you might expect lichens to grow .
21 You might expect leopards to keep away from forest tracks frequented by humans but they often use them for preference .
22 I took a chance there but things … you might say things conspired in Elsie 's favour .
23 You might say ham put down the Spanish ham .
24 Below are a list of places where you might see Japlish written , and two alternatives for what you might see there .
25 You might see prices fall . ’
26 Explain how you might seek evidence to evaluate these hypotheses .
27 And although you might have money saved up , you might be unwilling or unable to touch it .
28 You might have time to savour the moment , while you watch him approach , while you pick your shot ; but then it 's all movement , whatever route you 've chosen , whatever method for getting clear .
29 Plus , of course , you might have time to get over to her and hit her , knock her out before she could even gather a decent breath , but it 's dangerous , edge-working stuff and you 'd rather not have to think about that .
30 You might have trouble explaining that at the inquest , my lad . ’
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