Example sentences of "might [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , there may be rules that do not directly sanction that which might arguably constitute a breach of fiduciary obligation , but which might be thought to assume its legitimacy . |
| 2 | The building of any further houses was resisted on the grounds that the additional families which they would attract might eventually become a charge on the poor rates during periods of economic depression . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you think I might eventually get a taste for alcohol ? ’ |
| 4 | Whereas a single library might successfully mount a campaign using posters , leaflets etc , few if any will have the resources to use television or even commercial radio . |
| 5 | For example it might perhaps enable a prophet to speak out fearlessly in god 's name . |
| 6 | One view is that the rising indebtedness might suddenly trigger a loss of confidence , with the consequential withdrawal of funds from the USA and massive sale of US dollars ; the exchange rate for the dollar would collapse , and with it would collapse the value of dollar-denominated assets held by non-US residents . |
| 7 | If you are heavily laden with treasure you might only manage a couple of swings of the sword before you have to rest , during which time your opponent can batter away at you ! ) |
| 8 | So it 's going to be erm you might only get a week 's notice if it 's going to be switched to the Saturday then I would guess . |
| 9 | And of course sometimes during this apprenticeship Boy knew that what he really wanted was not to be taught to be one of us , not to be taught how to be a man at all , but to be reassured that he might somehow remain a boy forever . |
| 10 | With intelligent programming , the computer should have been able to recognise either that this particular customer needed an overdraft or that he has probably just become redundant and that mortgage repayment might soon present a problem . |
| 11 | Hilary Seymour-Strachey had readily agreed , for , though he had not his brother 's absorbing and exclusive interest in money — still , he always had a use for it , and the thought was beginning to occur to him that he might soon have a woman and child to support , in addition to himself . |
| 12 | If you do , you might just hook a beauty . ’ |
| 13 | " What you need now is someone in the basement who might just leave a window open for you … " |
| 14 | Developments in China , on the other hand , might just make a difference . |
| 15 | It might just assign a structure P and Q , three separate constituents between their structure . |
| 16 | He admits he might just prefer a boy but does n't really care ‘ as long as everything 's all right . ’ |
| 17 | I think I might just get a couple of nice hankies to go with them . |
| 18 | Women seem fearful of becoming too friendly with a single mother ; fearful that if they spend too much time with her , they might just get a taste for something that is denied them . |
| 19 | If you 've been self-employed since five minutes after Lucifer 's fall , and can fork out the massive outlay required , you might just find a way to bribe yourself on to the single-ticket waiting list ; if you belong to a small , minor-league organisation , your company will probably club together with several others to rent a cheap and jerry-built booth in one of the minor outbuildings , and argue with its partners over a tiny allocation of entry passes , whose holders will be consigned to overpriced lodgings in distant and inconvenient suburbs . |
| 20 | The English novel needs its senses to be violently deranged , and this piledriver of a book , cousin to Scarfe and Steadman , might just provide a kick-start . ’ |
| 21 | WHILE Craig Chalmers revealed in this paper earlier this week that he might just have a chance of being put on standby for the forthcoming British Lions tour , he is now more upbeat about the prospects of that happening . |
| 22 | it might just have a bit here |
| 23 | If I get too tired I might just have a lie down and have a little kip . |
| 24 | Nobody wanted to stroke a Gnome , except perhaps another Gnome , He thought he might just have a word with Caspar to see if Fenella could be brought along to his , Inchbad 's , bed that very night . |
| 25 | Hereford might just have a crisis of conscience tomorrow . |
| 26 | Well it might just take a couple of hours to print out a complete set of statements for two hundred customers . |
| 27 | Or , ’ she leans forward but only the beautiful hair shines , ‘ I might just buy a bomb after all — ’ |
| 28 | A tour of the brewery shows little has changed over 150 years and you might just catch a glimpse of the ghost of old John Arkell . |
| 29 | This possibility might easily introduce a bias into the composition of left and right brain damaged groups . |
| 30 | By the same token , the airline should inform the official investigators of any suspicions or failures that they have experienced in the recent past that might conceivably have a bearing on the accident . |