Example sentences of "[vb past] if [pers pn] might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked if we might photograph the chest in that setting for publicity purposes . |
| 2 | I asked if we might agree that ICI cares , is committed to reducing any harmful impact of its processes and is demonstrating its ‘ greenery ’ by building new plant to the highest environmental standards . |
| 3 | " They asked if they might come to see the palais , but they had of course to remain outside in the gardens with their nurse where they can do no damage . " |
| 4 | St Bartholomew 's church at Covenham was declining to the state of danger when a parish in California asked if they might have it and ship it stone by stone to the U.S.A. This caused much controversy for a while but finally it was decided that it should remain and be safely maintained on its original consecrated site . |
| 5 | At a meeting of the Company on 5th November 1491 , called at the request of Thomas Rich in the name of Julian Shaa and the other executors , the Goldsmiths asked if they might have £40 clear : this would allow them to fulfil all their obligations , to have some money spare for repairs and suchlike , and also to appropriate the balance to their own use . |
| 6 | As I passed the bakery on my way home , Didier ran out of the shop to greet me and asked if he might accompany me . |
| 7 | A friend treated her to a pukkah drinks-dispensing butler who asked if he might make a personal remark before teetering off into the small hours . |
| 8 | He stayed by Miss Groundwater 's side , and at the end , when everyone was leaving , asked if he might escort her home . |
| 9 | The man who 'd taken a photograph of the bus asked if he might photograph the old people also , and the bus-driver told him to wait a minute . |
| 10 | A pleasant spoken young constable arrived at Riverview with a warrant and asked if he might look over the boat . |
| 11 | He quickly wrote to London to apologise , and asked if he might use Dr. Watt 's " Short View of the Whole Scripture History " , asserting that " the author was a Dissenter , and the introduction of it into the School is not likely to create any fresh difficulty " . |
| 12 | Mr J Emslie asked if he might have the use of the hall for meetings in connection with the 1991 census . |
| 13 | Hearing that Peggy van Praagh was going to the south of France with a friend and had a spare seat in her car , he asked if he might come too . |
| 14 | Ballater , relieved to see that he was there , asked if he might come in . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Swinton has so much already , ’ Alexandra said , her voice almost steady , ‘ that he asked if you might have the basket for bringing me out here on Christmas night . ’ |
| 16 | He was then , of course , in opposition and particularly asked if I might advise on what would be a sensible housing policy when the Labour Party came to power . |
| 17 | Some weeks later my brother and I were passing through London , and I asked if I might bring him to see her . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | So I asked if I might go through it again and try some of the ideas he talked about . |
| 20 | Alexandra said , ‘ She asked if I might go to Cornwall ? |
| 21 | I said I wished mine to be destroyed , but asked if I might keep some of hers of a literary interest . |
| 22 | She asked if she might sit awhile and read a book . |
| 23 | When she disingenuously called her mother and asked if she might stay in England to take a degree , her parents congratulated themselves on having saved their daughter . |
| 24 | Other women ceased to exist for Edouard ; he gently terminated his affair with Clara Delluc , and Isobel , knowing this woman had meant more to him than any of the others , asked if she might meet her ; she did , and the two women became friends . |
| 25 | Next day a great buzzard asked if she might join them . |
| 26 | Mrs Kirkley ate one of Millie 's buns and praised it highly ; and after Annabel had eaten one , and then asked if she might have another , her mother exclaimed in mock sternness , ‘ Oh ! |
| 27 | she asked if she might try it on — and several more . |
| 28 | I wondered if they might have |
| 29 | It took me some time to put the fantastic story of the Gauguin inheritance behind me — not out of my mind , but to the back of it , not only because I wondered if they might deteriorate , but also at the bizarre irony of a family sitting on a fortune which they refused to touch . |
| 30 | George recognised his cue and took it up , ‘ We wondered if we might see the pictures and the tack . |