Example sentences of "might [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With the right fertiliser Leonardo might make it through the summer , ’ opined Today with vague hope . |
| 2 | might tempt her to the wrong thoughts . |
| 3 | " But I thought I might catch them in the act . |
| 4 | They might describe them as the unsettled ‘ shells ’ of the dead . |
| 5 | I do n't well I could be wrong she might do it on the spot . |
| 6 | 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 … |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll both be working in the shop , but we might watch it on the TV later . ’ |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Yeah , cos I might , I might see you at the station if you get the train . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | money under the er might keep it under the floorboards . |
| 14 | They might keep it in the garden and have it as bed and breakfast ! |
| 15 | Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train . |
| 16 | They are costly and highly dangerous in the hands of those who might use them for the destruction of life . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A tablespoon of bran , which might provide you with the same amount of fibre , is not nearly so nutritious . |
| 20 | But Ramsay might meet them on the way . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | how she speaks no he , he might ban her from the shop if she , if she keeps Well you know she 's called her all sorts of things in front of people . |
| 23 | Long before she left school , Clara discovered that whatever negligent indifference might greet her in the bosom of her family , she was capable of arousing strife in breasts other than those of Miss Haines and Mrs Hill . |
| 24 | Guessing what might greet her in the canteen , she opted for sandwiches in the laboratory , but because today no one else on the team was prepared to forgo his lunch-hour proper she was on her own until she was interrupted . |
| 25 | She was n't scared of the company who might join her on the journey , for fright was not a condition she admitted ; she only wanted to study her surroundings without discretion , and such intensity made strangers feel uneasy . |
| 26 | I might phone him in the morning |
| 27 | I 'd found some bunches of violets that were n't much good , but I thought I might sell them in the pub , or that some kind gent might treat me to a sandwich . |
| 28 | If the stranger persisted , he might take him to the park and point at me , which in normal circumstances should be sufficient to settle the matter . |
| 29 | Some of these were to be offered as votives in the temple 's sanctuaries : others entered a trading network which might take them to the farthest ends of the island or overseas . |
| 30 | I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore |