Example sentences of "[det] [prep] them might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coach Dick Best ruefully remarked : ‘ I guess if they 'd been Gloucester boys half of them might have turned out ’ . |
| 2 | about , so I 'm sure some of them might want washing |
| 3 | Possibly because some of them might 've been councillors and knew the ways that sort of er things went on and how to get things done officially and above board . |
| 4 | They were not activists in the movement — some of them might have been from the Moss and come to watch the barney — but all were sent to the jail in Inveraray and then taken to Edinburgh for prosecution . |
| 5 | However , some of them might have had it in them to refrain from congratulating the Government on delivering the two worst recessions of the post-war years . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm almost sure they said Brittany , although some of them might have gone to Bordeaux . |
| 7 | It was necessary to show that at least some of them might have been first acquired through the will , in order to satisfy a desire , or to relieve a disagreeable sensation . |
| 8 | no , well , some of them might have been , do n't do squabble about that |
| 9 | When the mill was finished , a few of them might get work in it ( but the Flemyngs wanted girls for it because they would work more days ) . |
| 10 | Though some among them might like to , their commanders will probably settle for what they have . |
| 11 | Looking back at these different sets of theories ( outlined in sections 5.3.2 , 5.3.3 and 5.3.4 ) , consider how each of them might explain the restructuring of local government ( discussed in Chapter 4 and referred to at the start of section 5.3 ) which took place in the 1980s ? |
| 12 | They looked after each other , that was all , as each of them might have cared for a pet and been solicitous for its well-being . |
| 13 | Each of them might have engaged a separate average adjuster to advise him : had these not agreed , a dispute could have arisen between the parties which they might have submitted to arbitrationa somewhat unusual course in business of this kind . |
| 14 | If there 's insufficient space for the army of fans , many of them might end up on the beaches , which the Italian police have expressly forbidden . |
| 15 | Not only are the proposals right in themselves , but many of them might win support at Maastricht . |
| 16 | Their habitations would be huts , which they would have to build themselves , in desert land away from the few cities ; their diet would be healthy and sustaining but it would be monotonous , and they would have to do without delicacies which many of them might have become used to in the Diaspora . |
| 17 | However , if hon. Members had been given more time to study these complicated regulations , more of them might have realised how adversely they affect some of their constituents and would have made it their business to be here . |
| 18 | We , however , are required to crouch in the heather , and so the attention is drawn through necessity to the things sharing that heather with you , in case any of them might take a fancy to your bottom and jump into your pants . |
| 19 | Any of them might have died prematurely , he might not have been able to earn these sums , and other misfortunes might have occurred so allowance must be made for this . |
| 20 | yeah but having said that erm that was something I wanted to ask you about because I mean both , both of them might need some money for higher education so , whilst I 'd like to put that sum money on one side , I 'd also possibly , you know if the need arose , would like to use it myself if I needed to for , for higher education . |