Example sentences of "[v-ing] what [pron] might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dreading what he might see , Rincewind let his gaze slide upwards . |
| 2 | Karelius , though dreading what he might hear , confronted him at once . |
| 3 | She pounded into the frost-rimed chamber , breath freezing in front of her face , checking each possible place of concealment for a figure , dreading what she might find . |
| 4 | Karen King — because she was English , Jessica insisted — had given over even thinking about them , let alone imagining what they might do with their hard , lean bodies and their tired , rope-burned hands , had given over bothering to deny she 'd had such fantasies . |
| 5 | In a game that went to the fifth day only because many hours were lost to the weather — the actual playing time was two and two-thirds days — one was left wondering what he might have done had he been fully fit . |
| 6 | Ours is an attempt to explain the notion of legitimate authority through describing what one might call an ideal exercise of authority . |
| 7 | Despite the finding of fairly high correlations between cloze and reading comprehension as measured by multiple-choice tests ( in the order of 0.6 and above , depending on the nature of the study ) , some experiments have suggested that cloze may be measuring what one might call potential for understanding , rather than comprehension itself . |
| 8 | ( ii ) " loss " includes a loss by not getting what one might get , as well as a loss by parting with what one had ( s.34(2) ( a ) ) . |
| 9 | Jasper had several times mentioned Muriel , and this could have given Alice a clue , if her dislike of Muriel did not always rise promptly in her , preventing her from hearing what she might have done . |
| 10 | If that is so , why was the draft treaty text put forward by the Dutch — sporting what one might call ’ the other vision ’ — rejected by 10 of the 12 member states ? |
| 11 | ‘ What a pity your father is so set against accepting what he might consider to be charity from Tamar . |
| 12 | He stared back at her , realising what it might mean . |
| 13 | These are very very cheap discounted tickets er usually using what we might call the dodgier carriers of the world , not necessarily those which have got a bad safety records or crash records , but where the cuisine is n't quite as good on board , or you do n't get an inflight movie . |
| 14 | Sex education in schools may therefore have most impact if it aims to discourage helpless attitudes , by emphasising to young people that they are in control of their own lives , encouraging them to see themselves as active rather than passive , and in discussing what they might do in the event of an unwanted pregnancy . |
| 15 | And it is attacking what we might call the Holy Trinity of development : health ; education ; and food . |