Example sentences of "they might [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The founding brothers never entrusted anything to paper , fearing that rituals and their interpretation of them might fall into the wrong hands . |
| 2 | Secondly , the triangular relationship between the UK , the USA and the European Community will be examined in order to assess how civil aviation between them might develop in the near future . |
| 3 | Fears were also expressed by some passengers that the tunnel might collapse while they were travelling through it or that they might suffocate from the lack of air because it was one and three quarter miles long ! |
| 4 | they might seen from the child 's point of view as interfering parents , but in the long term |
| 5 | Sex education in schools may therefore have most impact if it aims to discourage helpless attitudes , by emphasising to young people that they are in control of their own lives , encouraging them to see themselves as active rather than passive , and in discussing what they might do in the event of an unwanted pregnancy . |
| 6 | If I meet a new act , I always try and assess their maturity in order to judge whether they might go off the deep end as soon as they have success . |
| 7 | Well I say again , I thought they might go with the children . |
| 8 | But you must ask the person , do n't put just somebody 's name down , thinking they might go on the committee , erm , you must ask them first before you put their name on the list . |
| 9 | Whilst Necromunda could not conceivably have changed , it would nevertheless seem as alien as any of the worlds that they might visit in the interim . |
| 10 | Despite these qualifications from those immediately concerned , a live studio discussion was interpolated after the second , with three practitioners of the orthodox — Ian McColl , professor of surgery at Guy 's , Professor T. J. McElwaine , of the Royal Marsden , and Dr Walter Bodmer , director of research for the Imperial Cancer Fund — being ranged against , though they might demur about the word ‘ against ’ , Barbara Kidman , a broadcaster , journalist , cancer sufferer and author of a book on the alternative approach : and Dr Dick Richards , a physician and author . |
| 11 | With his admirable powers of persuasion , and perhaps the Darwin connection , Gould managed to enlist some of the crew : the Commander , Rear-Admiral Stokes , a Mr Dring , and , in particular , Dr Benjamin Bynoe , who promised to surrender to Gould any birds they might collect on the voyage for naming and describing . |
| 12 | This does n't protect the adventurers against any effects that they might suffer in the future , only the ones that currently affect them . |
| 13 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |
| 14 | They can only operate as a rough guide to classifying tables of data , and it is not possible to say how they might relate to the levels in a particular graduated test scheme . |
| 15 | For example , when different colleges came up with similar proposals , it was suggested that they might co-operate in the development work . |
| 16 | Had she warned her that there was every possibility they might meet at the Family Day ? |
| 17 | With each of the Picassos conservatively valued at some $10 million , there is a fear that if the family are successful in their claim , the works would no longer be accessible to the public and , worse still , that they might appear on the market . |
| 18 | Comprehensive evaluation of company performance over these broader activities is not available , but the little which is known about individual companies suggests that financial objectives were more important than they might appear on the surface . |
| 19 | When there is an interest rate change , we can either follow a move in base rates initiated by the clearing banks or we can choose to anticipate a move that they might make on the rates prevailing in the interbank market . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know , they might fit in the telly . |
| 21 | North-East football joined in the celebrations with Newcastle United victorious at Leicester City ending any lingering doubts they might drop into the Third Division for the first time in their illustrious history . |
| 22 | Instead of saying , ‘ That 's a nice dress you 're wearing , ’ they might rush to the wardrobe and put on a T-shirt that says the same thing . |
| 23 | He stressed that attempts should be made to minimise any hardship they might experience to the greatest extent possible , as long as these did not prejudice the children 's best interests . |
| 24 | I thought they might get in the car and … |
| 25 | A prayer was said for Iraqi soldiers , that they might die with the name of Jesus on their lips and be saved from eternal damnation . |
| 26 | I admit they will find that something of a puzzle , but given the low critical standards of provincial audiences , they might hit upon the felicitous conclusion that she choked while in the midst of an exaggeratedly hilarious response to that pathetic farce . |
| 27 | They might believe in the sea as the source of Britain 's greatness ; they might share in the romance of the Navigators and of great naval victories and learn the benefits of seabathing and relaxation by the ocean . |
| 28 | They might work in the graduate school of a good American university , where a variety of methods already abounds . |
| 29 | Rugby will not get any change out of Leicester , but it is just possible that Nottingham are now so fired up that they might escape with the point they need at Orrell . |
| 30 | By such a route they might escape from the niches of their birth , and gain access to something better — to better weapons , possibly to some real food different from synthcake and synthgruel . |