Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] she might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held the bag between them , suddenly not daring to put it down in case it signalled something , the consequences of which she might regret . |
| 2 | The roars and cheers of the crowd covered any sound she made and , like a wraith , she made for the stairs , sweating even in the bleak February cold at the thought of who she might meet in the unknown upstairs . |
| 3 | But perhaps , by telling him of it she might break through the shell of quiet self-sufficiency and recollection that had kept her at bay since his return from Student Cross . |
| 4 | Fran forced herself to sound cool and friendly , to betray no hint of the fear twisting her heart at the thought of what she might discover . |
| 5 | He wanted to tell her the whole story then , but he was afraid of what she might think . |
| 6 | These penalties , to be sure , fell far short of what she might have expected for speaking out in Stalin 's Russia , which she had continued to admire for far longer than many people . |
| 7 | The sweat that had begun in anticipation of what she might encounter in the street now ran in fear of her mother 's rage ; Nunzia 's eyes had gone hard and wrinkled like black olive pips when Rosa had produced the plover , and she had clucked impatiently with her tongue when Rosa lied and said her grandfather had shot it and presented it to her . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps Mistress Hopkins was murdered simply because of what she might know . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ That poor old woman was murdered , ’ Benjamin declared , ‘ not because she had said or done anything wrong but simply because of what she might know . |
| 10 | She did not begin to think of what she might say to Kathleen . |
| 11 | Quite frankly , she was terrified of what she might see . |
| 12 | Picking Benny up gently he cradled his head in his lap , conscious of his-mother standing in the garden , her hand over her mouth as if terrified of what she might find . |
| 13 | But still , for week after week , she never dared see if she was right , because she was afraid of what she might find within . |
| 14 | Despite what she might say , Laura — who was definitely a typical Leo lady — clearly appreciated hearing her virtues praised . |
| 15 | If there was any hope for her , it was indisputable that the outlook was grim for anyone with whom she might come in contact . |
| 16 | She made between 70 and 90 blouses a week which , despite the low rate of pay , compares well with what she might have got as a part-time worker in a sweat shop , the most likely alternative . |
| 17 | ‘ If I 'm to talk to Evelyn Lennox , ’ he said calmly , ‘ I need to brief myself in advance with anything she might throw at me . ’ |
| 18 | In them she might have seen her reflection . |
| 19 | Maria turned clear eyes , golden-brown tonight , on Luke and said what needed to be said , eschewing preamble , cleverness and a host of other possible costumes in which she might have dressed it up . |
| 20 | At the same time , in contrast to earlier eras , the housework is more likely to be carried out in isolation , without reference to others or without any external standard of comparison from which she might derive status or recognition for her particular skills as a cook or a housewife . |
| 21 | Biting in what she might have said , she stood , and strode over to the door . |
| 22 | She wanted to turn tail and run and keep on running away from him , away from what she might discover , away from what could only break her heart , yet she knew that was impossible . |
| 23 | If she had n't known for a fact that he liked nothing about her she might have mistaken that note in his voice for admiration . |
| 24 | So Angela did n't want to get involved — she did n't need the capital , after all — and she said to me she might do it in a year or so when Miss Huntley had calmed down . ’ |
| 25 | How strange that from all the many places to which she might have been drafted , chance had come up with Ardneavie . |
| 26 | So suddenly fatherless , and so abruptly given to a husband , translated from the familiar company of her sisters at Brecon to this barbarous foreign court where she was the last and loneliest of the children , Isabella had looked round her forlornly for an anchorage to which she might ride in safety . |
| 27 | Having ignored her for forty minutes whilst they failed to answer questions about Amy to which she might know the answer , Theodora might perhaps have been forgiven for telling them nothing . |
| 28 | She suggests that children who score low on both comprehension and production may be immature or mentally retarded , although no explanation is provided as to what she might mean by these terms . |
| 29 | I felt she had n't been thinking about Charlie at all — except as an inspiration — but that , like me , she 'd been dwelling on what she might do in the world . |
| 30 | I felt very nervous about what she might do during the ceremony ! |