Example sentences of "[pron] might [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had hoped he and I might snuggle in the back of the car while his mate did the driving . |
| 2 | When I asked if I might walk through the camp and look at the castle from the other side , Cinderella looked distressed , so I said ‘ never mind ’ and made my way back to the stone stile . |
| 3 | For a moment I think I might walk up the steps and ring the bell . |
| 4 | Yeah I might , I mean I might I might go in the best ones I can get . |
| 5 | For a special meal I might start with the turmeric pies and follow with a crunchy salad and couscous from a health shop with vegetables or spring onions , salt and sultanas . |
| 6 | ‘ I might sleep at the hospital though , ’ she said . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But I might do in the next fifty years any of them . |
| 9 | I hope too that this beautiful countryside and this beautiful college will be conducive to good thoughts , reflections and reappraisals , and if I might say to the men I hope there are not too many of the female students floating up and down the corridors to further divert your attention . |
| 10 | I assess the student 's ability and level of performance , and I might come to the conclusion that they had done pretty well to get those grades ; or it might be obvious that they could have done better . ’ |
| 11 | Heart filled with pathos , I slipped through one of the windows , and stepped gingerly around the saplings and splintered tiles , afraid I might crash into the cellar . |
| 12 | I feel that the doctors might accidentally tear me up , or that I might flap off the bed in a gust of wind and float away . |
| 13 | Perhaps I might see in the rising of that sun some icon quintessentially Pacific , or think some thought which in a flash would sum up the essential message of the great Ocean . |
| 14 | I might jump in the lake , I do n't really know . |
| 15 | Could you tell me what kit I might need for the cross country phase for both horse and rider ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | No , well what I was going to do , er , I thought I might write to the Council and say , seeing that er , it 's important to have that there |
| 18 | The rest of the morning I might spend at the beach , in season , or in the park or a café , reading or catching up on my correspondence , or chatting to friends and acquaintances , as the whim took me . |
| 19 | While this would be fine for writers of science fiction , it would mean that no one 's life would ever be safe : someone might go into the past and kill your father or mother before you were conceived ! |
| 20 | Everyone might agree on the need for national unity , development , and the rapid elimination of poverty , ignorance and disease , but what institutional framework would be workable for the media ? |
| 21 | I think it does mean though that issues like erm long term sickness erm the issue that you 've got with the two people in your patch , one of whom might go to the help desk , you need to get that resolved P D Q so you can say well I 've reduced my h the temp over budget by one . |
| 22 | The founding brothers never entrusted anything to paper , fearing that rituals and their interpretation of them might fall into the wrong hands . |
| 23 | Secondly , the triangular relationship between the UK , the USA and the European Community will be examined in order to assess how civil aviation between them might develop in the near future . |
| 24 | Disturbingly attractive male though he might be , Dr Penry Vaughan was nevertheless a match for any peril which might threaten in the small hours . |
| 25 | Theoretically , it can serve as a source of ideas and insights which are of potential relevance for the formulation of principles : ideas emerging from disciplines devoted to the study of language and learning which might bear upon the definition of language as subject . |
| 26 | ( FCA ) of having been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 6.03 in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1989 and 12 March 1991 sent business letters relating to its investment business without bearing the legend ‘ Authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to carry on investment business ’ contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.02 and in that the firm at Shipley between 9 September 1988 and 1 October 1989 entered or required its Principal to enter into an association or arrangement with a person which might result in the defendant being constrained or induced to refer or introduce a client to a person who was not an independent intermediary with a view to that person giving investment advice contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.03 and in that the firm at Shipley between 16 March 1986 and 31 October 1989 failed before recommending or effecting for a client a transaction in units in an authorised unit trust or a recognised collective investment scheme , to take reasonable steps to establish that other more advantageous or suitable policies or units were not available contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.11 and in that the firm at Shipley between 1 November 1989 and 16 October 1991 having given advice to a client which was such that when acted upon it resulted in commission being received by the defendant , failed to notify the said client in writing of the amount and terms of such commission as soon as that information was available , contrary to Investment Business Regulation 2.32 was reprimanded , fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £500 by way of costs . |
| 27 | For example , poor eyesight ( an impairment ) may result in poor vision ( a disability ) which might result in the person failing to gain employment ( handicap ) . |
| 28 | There must be no other court proceedings under way which might result in the end of your marriage . |
| 29 | So , when acting in such a case , add to your additional enquiries made of the local authority , or better in a letter , some such enquiry as this : Is the Authority aware of any infilling or any geological stratum which might result in the instability of the foundations of any building erected on the site for which planning consent has been granted ? |
| 30 | Because of the confusion which might result from the use of economy in the context of the market Hayek labels the market order a ‘ catallaxy ’ — a word derived from the Greek verb Katallassein which means not simply ‘ to exchange ’ but ‘ to admit into the community ’ and ‘ to change from enemy into friend ’ . |