Example sentences of "[indef pn] might [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 How can we allow for the possibility that someone might request an opinion antagonistically , by picking on someone who does not want to speak ?
2 I was n't dependent on coke , any more than it was nice to have a line after a heavy day — just like someone might have a glass of wine .
3 I thought someone might get a couple of black eyes or something .
4 Somebody wants a single bed moving , somebody might want a chest of drawers moving , somebody wants some packages so there were there 's quite a lot of of work of that nature wanted .
5 For example , one might face a situation in which the fact that water more readily gave the desired values of the governing parameters ( its lower kinematic viscosity is often advantageous in this respect ) had to be set against the practical difficulties of containing it in an arrangement with movable probes .
6 With a 75 pence pricetag these brightly coloured necklaces are the sort of gift one might give a child .
7 One might mention an object or a locality , and sepulchral silence would descend .
8 One might prefer a priest or minister and sometimes retired clergy have both the experience and time for this sort of ministry .
9 Some of the students look up at the word ‘ castration ’ , admiring the cool poise with which Robyn pronounces it , as one might admire a barber 's expert manipulation of a cut-throat razor .
10 One might expect a docile or sensible horse , or even a friendly one , to be willing .
11 They have fired this interest by spending £44m on the issue , aiming it primarily at the retail investor when one might expect an issue of this sort to be more suitable for institutions .
12 One might go a step further .
13 He placed his hand on the plinth as one might lay a hand upon a sacred object so that its virtue might flow from it to oneself .
14 I had another good horse , and I thought well I 'll stick with that one , I think that one might stand a chance .
15 Say nr is the number of positions in this row where one might put a piece , according to the rules .
16 This illustrates how one might use a game : 1 .
17 The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag .
18 There was no attempt by either Salisbury or Kilmuir to use what one might call a prefect 's influence on the opinion of those they interviewed .
19 So it is very difficult to achieve what one might call a set pattern in life .
20 One must be worthy , an intense purity and refinement of thought is required , even one might say a kind of holiness . ’
21 Here are some ideas showing how one might develop a drama appropriate to the age range for each of the above stories :
22 When I first met Christopher Pilkington at the Centre I had no idea he was a priest and remember asking if he was the healer as one might question a plumber 's identity .
23 We 've seen that with the City technology colleges , which are nobody talks about , surprisingly enough , when we 've discovered that actually industry is n't remotely interested in them , and of course in the first year of an opted out school one might see a bit of palm crossing with silver .
24 He borrowed a guitar half-way through the band 's set at Leeds ' Astoria Centre and announced to the audience : ‘ This one might sound a bit strange , the dots on the neck are in a different place . ’
25 We wished to share our story , in much the same way that one might tug a friend 's arm and call his or her attention to a striking landscape , or a spectacular sunset .
26 As a simple example , at the level of concept formation , one might envisage a child encountering an object which looks rather like a table , though slightly different from any tables previously noted .
27 Four different ways have been suggested in which one might seek a resolution of the problem of the collapse of the wavepacket .
28 You might do I do erm red one might fade a bit I do n't know .
29 One might improvise a family of fishes or cars or imaginary creatures .
30 He thought he knew Ash fairly well , as well as anyone might know a man whose life seemed to be all in his mind , who lived a quiet and exemplary married life for forty years , whose correspondence was voluminous indeed , but guarded , courteous and not of the most lively .
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