Example sentences of "might have [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might have to wait a wee while but I think she 'll get on , yes . |
| 2 | Indeed Theodore Roosevelt was suggesting before 1914 that , if the British Empire faltered and was unable to preserve a global balance of power which was compatible with American interests , the United States might have to take an equal or even the leading role in world affairs . |
| 3 | If he turned and looked at her , she might have to give a straight reply , but to his narrow back , which could have been the back of a much younger man , she began to tease , in the way that she had learned so many of her new friends liked , when they made similar inquiries too , like the painter who 'd lain on her bed and asked her earnestly if she 'd ever experienced simultaneous orgasm , or the musician who 'd volunteered he 'd show her a ‘ perversion ’ he was sure nobody would have demonstrated to her before , and began nuzzling between her legs . |
| 4 | We laugh about it now , but it is sobering to think that thousands of men , either too old or too young for the Services , should have gone quite voluntarily , many nights a week , to drill and to manoeuvre , seriously believing that they might have to encounter an invading army . |
| 5 | We might have to look a long way back . ’ |
| 6 | Even then , there was the embarrassing prospect that the Romanian players might have to walk the dark streets between having a bath at 3.30pm and the official dinner at 7.30pm . |
| 7 | Once hired , he might have to work a 15-hour stretch , perhaps into the night . |
| 8 | You might have to write the whole programme again to do that . |
| 9 | It took the view that the upper limit is arbitrary , and might operate unfairly , since a person just above the limit receives no assistance , whereas a person just below it might have to make a substantial contribution but would have the security of knowing that that contribution represents the maximum liability for costs regardless of the actual cost or the outcome of the case . |
| 10 | You might have to make a quick getaway ! |
| 11 | Indeed , the government showed so little cause for its refusal to provide discovery that the court felt it might have to stay the civil litigation against Pan Am until the conclusion of the criminal investigation . |
| 12 | If you do not it could delay the item and the person receiving it might have to pay an extra charge . |