Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] might [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I might give the job to someone else . ’ |
| 2 | If you allow more than one or two days to elapse you may either lose your nerve , or find that you have missed your opportunity , or you might give the prospective employer the impression that you are not really interested . |
| 3 | Or you might repeat the word ‘ re-lax ’ several times , then slowly count yourself down from 10 to 1 . |
| 4 | Or you might win the action and then she 'll have to pay you . |
| 5 | There are times when the teacher might impose restrictions by asking , for example , for ‘ all the blue balls to be put into the basket ’ , or , ‘ all those wearing red to fetch their coats ’ , or she might ask the children to sort a collection into just two piles . |
| 6 | Or we might compare the way Philip II kept Phokis intact in 346 rather than make a present of it to Thebes . |
| 7 | Such Persian names survive in local nomenclature till Roman times : the priests of Artemis at Ephesus went on being called Megabyxoi for centuries after 330 ; or we might compare the place-name Maibozani , recently attested ( JRS , 1975 , p. 65 , line 10 , with p. 73 : a Roman inscription from Ephesus of the first century AD ) . |
| 8 | Or we might wear the radical ‘ reflexive ’ pair , whose lenses have been recently polished to a fine smoothness by those same trendy academics who have now entered a middle-age period of intellectual enlightenment ! |
| 9 | Or they might extend the meaning of an existing word . |
| 10 | Or they might discuss the juxtaposition of certain symbols , or certain strong visual images . |
| 11 | Pupils may be invited to play at being a detective to resolve some mystery , or they might investigate the contents of a seaman 's chest , a collection of craftsman 's tools , or a doctor 's bag , or a lady 's valise , for example to help pupils to build up a picture of the people who used them . |
| 12 | There are two different ways in which the existence of an alternative remedy can affect the availability of judicial remedies : it might entirely preclude the award of a judicial remedy , or it might give the court a discretion to refuse a ( discretionary ) remedy if it thinks that the alternative remedy is adequate . |
| 13 | If he had no children , an emperor might adopt a son from another gens , or he might leave the throne to his sister 's son , who would of course bear the name of another family . |
| 14 | Of course the dictator would have to be of the right political colour , or he might shoot the wrong people . |
| 15 | You see , I kept blaming you for everything , but that was n't fair , a lot of it was my fault too , and I might make the same mistakes all over again , and I could n't bear that . |
| 16 | Too many doors and I might forget the way out . |
| 17 | Thoughts buzzed around in my head and I might pursue the world of the spirit , but dressing up was equally important . |
| 18 | Any other author and I might overlook the fact but now he has augmented his idleness with bad taste . |
| 19 | Now , what we 'll do is do exactly the same but this time for a negatively correlated score , and you might expect the Z scores to be paired up like so . |
| 20 | Stop the formation of these blood vessels and you might check the cancer . |
| 21 | Five minutes , before you start it though now that it might not apply to you , you might not have control over training , and perhaps down the left hand side you put well what methods do they use and you might put the other side then you go back and suggest to your boss will you alright . |
| 22 | ‘ You might own this place , Miguel , and you might have the right to stand where you like on it , but you 'll never make me pleased to see you ever again . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , it has to be admitted that tripods are heavy and bulky things to carry round , and you might consider the use of a mini-tripod ( which can be supported on walls ) , a chest-pod or a monopod . |
| 24 | and they 've got to pick one of the cards and they might get the Joker . |
| 25 | And they might use the sympathy ( and sense of guilt that you 're better off than they are ) you feel towards them to control you . |
| 26 | I 'm a bit worried : John 's having trouble with his girlfriend at the moment , and he might go the other way . |
| 27 | That may be true , and it might affect the balance of advantage and disadvantage , but it does not need to be resolved at this stage . |
| 28 | Yes , and it might kill the flowers off , but . |
| 29 | And it might put the idea of theft into his head . |
| 30 | Arguments against allowing access included that people would not write frankly if they knew their comments would be seen , it could be important to record facts which could not be proved and suspicions or impressions , the child or parent might be made unhappy by a teacher 's judgement and it might impair the relationship or discourage the child , and access would lead to constant arguments about fairness or relevance of information . |