Example sentences of "might [verb] some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 2 | Although she spoke lightly , she realized that out of this fantastic scheme they might evolve some means of making a livelihood , and her spirits rose , so that she forgot her disturbing discovery . |
| 3 | This name suggested that the capital 's citizens might make some use of it . |
| 4 | Until almost the last moment there were lingering hopes in the British camp that the West German Chancellor might signal some differences with his French allies . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Even businesses that are fully prepared for the collapse of EC frontiers might need some help with the details |
| 7 | I then zealous to understand I I er , er , erm sought it Statutes , Volume thirty-three nineteen ninety three edition and studied most carefully pages six hundred and seventy-five to six hundred and seventy-seven and there I found an account of what has happened to Sections two and three and also for the first time light was shed upon Section two A. My Lords , I have from time to time ventured to express some doubt as to whether our legislative procedures were as excellent , as I 'm sure Your Lordships would wish them to be and when I recently suggested in the most mild terms to Her Majesty 's Government that they might consider some form of enquiry into our legislative procedures to see whether as they were as high class as they should be , erm I was given a very negative reply the clear influence of which was that the our legislative procedures could not possibly be improved and My Lords I do really think with respect that that is a proposition which is open to doubt . |
| 8 | The fact that governments could cheat like this will clearly be known to rational agents and might introduce some uncertainty about government policy . |
| 9 | Linguistics can help teachers to analyse those kinds of speech situations which might exclude some children from the learning process e.g. because the children are not familiar with the variety of language which is used . |
| 10 | Though you might expect some echoes of a Telecaster or a Les Paul Junior , it actually sounds like neither . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |
| 12 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 13 | By the end of 1955 , however , British and American hopes were growing that nuclear air strikes ( or the threat thereof ) might give some credibility to Western military strategy . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal expressed hope that judges might give some help to juries in future about the real value of money . |
| 15 | But the list might give some idea of the maximum proportions of people who might think of some other form of credit as a potential alternative , when actually offered any particular type of credit . |
| 16 | Space does not permit citation of the examples which might give some idea of the useful quality of the book . |
| 17 | Third , a court might give some recognition to the public law nature of regulatory rules by taking account of the rule in ascertaining the precise content of the fiduciary obligation . |
| 18 | I 've worked with Toyah Wilcox as well and might do some recording with her in the future , and hopefully play on her next album . |
| 19 | ‘ The IRA might do some harm to her . |
| 20 | A first hand acquaintance with dispiriting reality might bring some change to public transport policy . |
| 21 | It is true that small local fortifications , sometimes churches adapted at great expense by the addition of towers , parapets , walls and even moats , might bring some measure of safety , at least against small bands of soldiers or evil-doers . |
| 22 | That device might bring some benefits for the internal morale of both opposition parties . |
| 23 | ‘ What I expected , ’ she snapped , ‘ was that Italians might show some reverence for the past . |
| 24 | In 1714 , the laird of Gleneagles solicited the post of bailie of the regality of Lennox for his son James Haldane , an advocate who ‘ not haveing reccommendation or interest enought to bring him quickly into business … thought this might contribute some thing to it ’ , but the Duke of Montrose kept such appointments firmly in the hands of Graham gentlemen who looked upon him as their chief . |
| 25 | Otherwise , the patient might spend some time in a private nursing home , possibly paid for by the State . |
| 26 | ‘ In late 1992 we think we might see some signs of improvement in the US or some European countries ’ . |
| 27 | Do you know , they say Dad might become some sort of classic ? ’ |
| 28 | In border areas , dwellings which incorporated architectural features concerned with defence ( the ‘ maison-fortes ’ of France ) were both dwellings for a family and , in certain circumstances , they might provide some measure of protection for local people , in so doing underlining the nobleman 's responsibility for the defence of the people . |
| 29 | Only the knowledge that he might provide some clue in the mystery of Suzie 's whereabouts held her prisoner . |
| 30 | This insurance arrangement is very rarely used by practitioners , but readers should know that it does exist , and might provide some help to a buyer who is basically raising 100% of the price from the mortgage company . |