Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance I might go erm that one that one and er that one . |
| 2 | If Microsoft is found to have a case to answer , the minimum possibility is that the company is forced to sign a consent decree under which it has to unbundle , and agree not to bundle in future — for instance it might have to dismantle Windows for Workgroups and sell the networking elements as a separate product ( similar networking code will be an integral part of standard Windows NT ) ; at worst , the company could be forced to split itself into two completely different companies , one for operating systems and languages , the other for applications . |
| 3 | The hand was hot , the skin dry and the slender fingers lay in her palm like splinters of fine porcelain — she was afraid to squeeze them for fear they might snap . |
| 4 | He persuaded the government to allow a group of students to be sent to the USA in 1872 , but they were recalled for fear they might become ‘ too gay ( morally loose ) or western ’ ( Wang 1928 : 44 ) , a comment which would not be out of place in more recent times . |
| 5 | She carefully avoided the personal for fear she might learn more about me … a lesbian , a woman who loved other women . |
| 6 | Last November he refused to chair a conference on AIDS for fear it might cause panic . |
| 7 | This will be a normal working day for the man and after work he might go off to the pub for a drink with his mates . |
| 8 | This evening after dinner you might wish to take the train ( 20 minutes ) in to Amsterdam for an exhilarating evening in what is undoubtedly Europe 's most surprising city . |
| 9 | After dinner he might finish some pressing publishing work , correcting manuscripts or writing blurbs ; if not inveigled by Hayward into escorting him to a party , or sitting with guests in the shared " living room " , he would retire to his own rooms for study or contemplation . |
| 10 | But after Richard III we would have second thoughts ; after Iago we might begin to doubt whether anyone could ever be trusted again . |
| 11 | Here are a few myths about exercise you might have believed in : |
| 12 | I did n't know what kind of play she might have been pulling . |
| 13 | We had been advised that if we laid on a couple of bottles of champagne he might stay and chat for a while after the show . |
| 14 | They issue an er they issue an annuity , which is erm er if you 're not sure what an annuity is , this is a temporary annuity , and they might say in the case of Miss they might say well what about a ten year annuity ? |
| 15 | With a bit of luck you might go down this time . |
| 16 | They might well have done of course they might have refused it 's the B B C they say you ca n't have a bottle |
| 17 | Of course we might assume that in our stationary state every business remained always of the same size , and with the same trade connection . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course we might have to deduct a bit to replace my trolleys . ’ |
| 19 | Of course you might want to take a very purist line and say that it is bad manners to remind others of their bad manners . |
| 20 | Of course you might have to share a slice or two ! |
| 21 | A quick search failed to reveal any suspiciously empty bottles of barbiturates , but of course she might have taken them with her . |
| 22 | The entry specified that he had Spanish as a foreign language , which made me smile , for his Spanish had never been more than rudimentary , though of course it might have improved since he was in Salamanca . |
| 23 | His head lowered to find her lips , while any thought of resistance she might have had melted like an ice-block in boiling water . |
| 24 | He also cited the fact that they had not profited personally from their conduct , that they had " a record of long and distinguished service " , and that all had already in terms of emotional anguish and damaged careers paid a price which was " grossly disproportionate to any misdeeds or errors of judgement they might have committed " . |
| 25 | Well , if you put a , just hit it down a little bit , I got , probably wo n't get through , but if you hit it down a little bit to give it a bit of spin it might carry it through . |
| 26 | Advise Arthur , Bert and Charlie as to any rights of action they might have in tort against Chartist plc and as to any defences with which they might be met . |
| 27 | It did n't happen , which had nothing to do with the state of mind we might have been in after Jonathan , but everything to do with another independent channel showing a related subject . |
| 28 | Everything is suddenly in flux ; there are the physical changes — starting periods , changing shape and size , wondering what kind of figure we might have — and there are the changes of the outside world towards us : one day we might walk down the street and feel like a little girl ; the next , almost overnight , it seems impossible to avoid the glances , remarks and acknowledgement that we are somehow , in our mother 's words , ‘ becoming a woman ’ . |
| 29 | A random sample of herds might indicate that 40% of them are grazing on marginal land ; but if animals were the unit of study we might find only 20% of animals to be on marginal grazing , i.e. the 40% of herds are the smaller ones accounting for only 20% of the cattle . |
| 30 | ‘ I am not going to get into what kind of therapy she might find herself in , but clearly she would need all the help she could get from whatever source was available . |