Example sentences of "might [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dressmakers who might prefer to sell a valuable piece of material rather than settle for the modest profit of making it into a dress . |
| 2 | Otherwise , there is a danger that a parent company might prefer to close a small or isolated branch or site rather than incur investment costs in making reasonable accommodation or , alternatively , might argue that compliance with reasonable accommodation will result in job losses . |
| 3 | I said she might 've sent a full packet give one to Barry , one to Rhys and one to Cerys but there was only two |
| 4 | I 've always , I might 've had a little moan , but I 've always to myself |
| 5 | People might 've messed around with it by putting this overhead profit to risk , they might 've put a negative er element in there , er they might 've put a high-cost element in there , they might put nought in there , so it 's very difficult to recognise that , that bill rates er from the labour , or the labour from the bill rate , there is n't a standard relationship , nowhere near . |
| 6 | People might 've messed around with it by putting this overhead profit to risk , they might 've put a negative er element in there , er they might 've put a high-cost element in there , they might put nought in there , so it 's very difficult to recognise that , that bill rates er from the labour , or the labour from the bill rate , there is n't a standard relationship , nowhere near . |
| 7 | The hind was supposed to be able to cope with all tasks on the farm ; but an ambitious worker might endeavour to become an indispensable expert . |
| 8 | You might think opening a new gentleman 's outfitters in Savile Row is like taking coal to Newcastle . |
| 9 | They are of no real value , although a Cleric might want to take a heretical work for the restricted library of his temple — this is quite acceptable . |
| 10 | An observational study of a production line , say , although it might want to talk a great deal about the alienative effects of such work , could not make use of an attitude scale in the way that a questionnaire study might . |
| 11 | I mean she she might want to buy a nice desk . |
| 12 | Presumably there 's so many songs in your repertoire that you you 've no need really to get a new one er you as artists might want to get a new one but you 've got so many er evergreens I mean you could go on for ever with just the evergreens could n't you ? |
| 13 | This might include offering a verbal report to a staff meeting or circulating a short written report , asking pupils to identify any pieces of information they would like brought back from the secondment , or giving a talk to a tutor group . |
| 14 | But , in the Hallowe'en Novices ' Chase he might need to eat a whole mine , to beat Dusty Miller , another Festival scorer . |
| 15 | Even if the bidder 's shareholders do not include ABI members , the bidder might consider providing an open offer and clawback to its shareholders as a matter of best practice and good shareholder relations , provided underwriters are agreeable . |
| 16 | You might consider getting a local electrician or TV repair man to take a look at these before sending the computer away for a specialist repair shop 's attention . |
| 17 | If the security services are hit by defence cuts , maybe even James Bond might consider buying a new more affordable Aston Martin . |
| 18 | There are several other winter flowers , such as snowdrops and similar bulbs , that can also be pressed with pleasing results , so you might consider keeping a particular area of your garden solely for winter pressing . |
| 19 | If you have inherited patio doors from the previous owner and it would be too expensive to replace them , you might consider having a sliding grille fitted behind the doors , which can be pulled across and locked when you are out . |
| 20 | The great man might expect to play a major part in the design of the building , as Maxwell did when the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge was built following his appointment in 1871 , as the first professor of experimental physics . |
| 21 | To get the whole story , though , you need to raise the bonnet because there , nestling in the space where you might expect to find a nice , sensible Marks & Spencer diesel , there is a 4.3 litre V6 motor , which , for good measure , is turbocharged and intercooled . |
| 22 | A 400-year-old school for boys in Shrewsbury is hardly the place you might expect to find a true example of hi-tech living . |
| 23 | The quality of product delivered by BR management is experienced daily by the many thousands who travel to and from Waterloo , where the indicator boards are frequently inactive at peak travel time in the evening , and only the desultory , forlorn and uncertain voices of junior staff is available to advise hapless passengers over the tannoy when and where they might expect to find an uncancelled train to get them home on time — if they are lucky — and to deliver an occasional apology . |
| 24 | Observing the statute book alone might appear to depict a massive reinforcement of the agency model of central-local financial relationships but practical outcomes are perhaps more suggestive of power-dependency . |
| 25 | With hindsight , bearing in mind particularly the fatal events leading to Munich and the Second World War , Nizan 's gloomy prognostication might appear to have a certain validity . |
| 26 | You might choose to repeat a chosen word or phrase , gently returning to it whenever your mind wanders ; or concentrate on your breathing ; or ‘ watch ’ your thoughts as they drift like clouds through your mind ; or contemplate a theme ; or embark on a visual-experiential journey to the inner realms . |
| 27 | For example , you might choose to bake a low-sugar sponge cake . |
| 28 | Erm you earn commission by taking clients who might spend say a hundred thousand pounds on business travel , whether it be flights trains |
| 29 | An advertisement in the Afterwards Advertiser for ghosts who might like to join a haunting group . |
| 30 | Not Tristan though , who might like to flirt a little and might not run too fast should he be himself pursued but who was certainly no beast of prey . |