Example sentences of "he might try " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might try to do so again . |
| 2 | In practice , he was likely to be related through descent and marriage to any parties to a dispute ; and as an elderly and respected man he might try to prevent the scandal of open quarrelling among close kinsmen . |
| 3 | She was terrified that one day he might try some moral blackmail and pretend he had come to love as well as respect her . |
| 4 | Although he was a first offender and there was no suggestion he might try to escape , because of the nature of his offence the governor , Thomas Hayes , decided that Blake should be placed on the escape list . ’ |
| 5 | A surprise attack at midnight would be just the sort of thing he might try . |
| 6 | If such a combination leaves a golfing visitor groping for a starting point , he might try the Woodbridge area as an aperitif . |
| 7 | He might try to play the occasion down , but inside he 'll be desperate to win . ’ |
| 8 | He might try to justify the principle by appealing to logic , a recourse that we freely grant him , or he might attempt to justify the principle by appealing to experience , a recourse that lies at the basis of his whole approach to science . |
| 9 | He might try you again , but I said I 'd pass the message along . |
| 10 | He might try one , for instance , starting on F ♮ or C ♮ instead of E , and see what happens . |
| 11 | ‘ He might try Mrs Egan . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If his quarrel is a personal one he might try to starve us out before Guy comes home , but … does he mean to take village children hostage ? |
| 13 | Does he feel that he might try to persuade Mr. Collins at their next meeting to devote a little more time to the containment of that particular problem rather than wasting it on demands that a policeman accompany every Army patrol in Northern Ireland , presumably to ensure that the Special Air Services remember to say ’ please ’ and ’ thank you ’ to any civilian they may encounter ? |
| 14 | They weanted to know why David Pratley was allowed to hang himself despite warnings that he might try to take his life . |
| 15 | Mr Yeltsin 's aides have hinted that he might try to impose presidential rule — a risky path that would require military backing — if Congress continued to undermine his power . |
| 16 | He might try and come down again |
| 17 | Peter White , this instability could result as people have been warning in Civil War , that we 've already heard about venturism being er , suggested by the Russian leader Boris Yeltsin it , he might try to change the boundaries of the Soviet Republics . |
| 18 | He might try to take over on of Russian speaking peoples in other Republics , that could lead to the sort of situation we 're seeing in in Yugoslavia now . |
| 19 | Okay my mum would phone up and go walk her walk to school with Alex on Friday and I think he might try something . |
| 20 | Staff at the gaol said there had been no indication that he might try to take his life . |