Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People might rush up and say do you do pensions ? |
| 2 | ‘ I might stay here and get another job . ’ |
| 3 | She waved them on and quickly walked away , terrified they might hang about and try to make her change her mind . |
| 4 | The task of education was to reinvigorate citizenship in order that pupils might act morally and embrace ‘ duty ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's only just out of the sick bay himself , and he might fall over and open up that cut again . ’ |
| 6 | I was more worried that he might fall over and hurt himself . |
| 7 | I mean you you might fall over and smash his precious organ or something |
| 8 | its going to come round at you in a minute , so I 'll talk about it until it gets to you , erm , it delighted my children this particular painting , erm and I decided to put my sort of analytical approach to one side erm and do something with that later , so this poem is from my , my children 's point of view and one of the things that are very interested , they were really worried , that , erm , I think it marks the height of the table and the fact that the puppies might fall off and do themselves some harm , that , I 'll read it while its going round and then I can see then , that , so this is , ok , from my children 's point of view this poem , its called Threes , Table laid and waiting , milk place in bowl not to high , they lap and swirl , played and roll , paws distance from knocking and breaking goblet , made from clay . |
| 9 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 10 | With luck he might fall in and drown . |
| 11 | I might jump up and clap my hands . |
| 12 | Fitting the right lock in the right place will make a thief think twice — he might give up and move on to easier targets . |
| 13 | Friends considered him so depressed during this period that they were even beginning to think the unthinkable — that he might give up and turn his back on society and all its ills , and do what he would have really chosen to do with his life : be a country squire . |
| 14 | Maybe seven minutes had passed but she dared not wait any longer because who knew when the miners might give up and come back ? |
| 15 | He went hastily towards the door ; he did n't want Martin to come into the room because then he might break down and say things about his mother that were best left unsaid . |
| 16 | Daresay I might splash out and buy one myself . ’ |
| 17 | A good dealer might ring later and reassure the client . |
| 18 | Then why did n't I go , er I might ring up and see what it 's like . |
| 19 | They might ring up and ask why some of their share certificates had not arrived . |
| 20 | Then snooker might work out and measure up , with everything going where you want it to go , at the right weight and angle . |
| 21 | They might look round and smooth , but they 're mighty hard . |
| 22 | Thus we might look around and point to something red and say " This is coloured red " ; and then , perhaps , in order to forestall any tendency to mistake the word for the name of a particular shade of red , gesture towards another thing of a similar but not quite the same hue , and add " And that is red too " . |
| 23 | Reading between the lines , what they meant was that they were not going to train people who might keel over and die before the CAB had had its money 's worth . |
| 24 | They might run off and take it with them . |
| 25 | When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ . |
| 26 | However , there is always the remote possibility that you might run down and injure someone in the water , which could cost you as much as £100,000 ! |
| 27 | Minimal food will get in , starvation will be avoided , and Famagusta will hold on until , who knows , next summer a Genoese fleet might set out and rescue it . ’ |
| 28 | Such freedom can only be exercised if the manager has the full authority to make decisions , without the need to ask a boss for approval , and without the chance that a boss might step in and alter or reverse the subordinate 's decisions . |
| 29 | Now it looks as though the Council of Europe might step in and establish a small network of centres of excellence for postgraduate research and training . |
| 30 | She looked pleadingly at the man in overalls as if he might step in and save her . |