Example sentences of "might [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are equally worried about giving birth in both a hospital and at home you might prefer something in the middle : Some hospitals allow women to use water pools in the labour ward and you can arrange for your GP to help with the birth rather than hospital doctors . |
| 2 | ‘ With the right fertiliser Leonardo might make it through the summer , ’ opined Today with vague hope . |
| 3 | might tempt her to the wrong thoughts . |
| 4 | At Key Stages 1 and 2 , these might include someone from the local archaeological unit , the museum or archives or a local historian , especially someone used to speaking to young children . |
| 5 | " But I thought I might catch them in the act . |
| 6 | They might describe them as the unsettled ‘ shells ’ of the dead . |
| 7 | The Russians would much rather deal with a right-wing conservative any day because they know where they stand , rather than a left-wing liberal who might do something off the wall , like act on principle , for heaven 's sake . |
| 8 | He 's a Jack Russell so I 'm hoping he might do something about the rodent problem at Low Birk Hatt . |
| 9 | I think you might find a situation quite clearly where you would find a child behaving in such a way in the classroom that it was being disruptive to himself , disruptive to teachers , disruptive to , to his classmates , and therefore the , the first move must be in a direction of rearranging that behaviour so that there could develop a situation in which you might do something about the learning difficulty . |
| 10 | I do n't well I could be wrong she might do it on the spot . |
| 11 | If only Maxwell could be more … if only they could stay awake … if only Maxwell could be with her at three thirty in the afternoon , when they might do it like the old days … |
| 12 | It was an enraging affectation , worthy of an Oxford undergraduate , especially as Charlie might do it in the middle of a conversation , as he had done recently at a college gig : the Union President was talking to him when Charlie 's hands reached into his side pocket , the book was extracted and opened , and the man 's eyes popped in disbelief as Charlie imbibed a beakerful of the warm South . |
| 13 | ‘ When I went to him , I had no idea that what he would say to me might bring him within the sphere of our investigation . ’ |
| 14 | Most of Mr Nigel Lawson 's critics of today thought yesterday that his policies might bring something like the 3% growth in demand in 1988 at which he aimed , instead of the 7% that he actually got . |
| 15 | Whereas the left might base itself on the thoughts of Karl Marx , the libertarians look back to Adam Smith and an extreme ideology of laissez-faire capitalism . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'll both be working in the shop , but we might watch it on the TV later . ’ |
| 17 | Actually there was a little bit , they showed you the four goals on the television so they might show it on the nine o'clock |
| 18 | Kemalpasazade sought the advice of Mueyyedzade who counselled him to feign acceptance of Hacihasanzade 's proposal ; and when , on the next day , the latter petitioned the sultan , Bayezid II , to appoint Kemalpasazade to a kadilik , Mueyyedzade intervened , speaking highly of Kemalpasazade 's abilities and asking that he not be wasted in a kadilik but rather that he be given the vacant Taslik medrese so that he might busy himself with the pursuit of learning . |
| 19 | Yeah , cos I might , I might see you at the station if you get the train . |
| 20 | Come that we might see you in the people of every race , and commit ourselves to the hope that we celebrate our life together in true community and justice . |
| 21 | money under the er might keep it under the floorboards . |
| 22 | They might keep it in the garden and have it as bed and breakfast ! |
| 23 | Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train . |
| 24 | They are costly and highly dangerous in the hands of those who might use them for the destruction of life . ’ |
| 25 | The care provided in such a unit might look something like the list that follows . |
| 26 | If we do not face up to our fears , we might project them onto the outside world , perhaps in the form of violent crime , epidemics , disasters or a vengeful God , or ( closer to home ) in the form of a partner , family or friends who ‘ block ’ our growth , and thus protect us from facing our fears . |
| 27 | Many years ago , if a work was stolen you might report it to the police or the FBI , but there was no way to get out the word to the market . |
| 28 | A tablespoon of bran , which might provide you with the same amount of fibre , is not nearly so nutritious . |
| 29 | But Ramsay might meet them on the way . |
| 30 | There was a moment , as she felt the release from the flimsy protection of her undergarments , when it seemed as if something yet might stop him in the tidal wave of passion , but his intention overwhelmed any such hesitation , and with a moan of desire she put herself entirely into his hands . |