Example sentences of "you might [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I suggest you might bring a sandwich along Paul . |
2 | You might effect a saving by heating the entire fish house with paraffin or Calor gas , but if you do you will need to take professional advice about ventilation . |
3 | But it 's also useful for yourself , because you can forget a couple of steps , even though you 've built this spreadsheet , and er , when you update this spreadsheet for the following months , you know , occasionally you might forget a step . |
4 | Whilst knitting your designs you might spare a thought for Giant Pandas now very much an endangered species . |
5 | If it is new and unfamiliar , you might experience a sense of physical pleasure . |
6 | If you decide to use an active sentence to describe Figure 14 , you might create a frame such as ‘ The N V-ed the N with a N ’ : this is the right kind of frame for an active sentence with three nouns and a verb . |
7 | you feel exposed/that you might make a fool of yourself in front of others |
8 | No , it should come off , I do n't think I think you might make a hole in it |
9 | ‘ You might make a mistake one day , ’ she told him , her voice still cold . |
10 | Just as you might make a selection of examples of written English from newspapers , journals , academic textbooks or works of fiction , so you can have video material of very different styles and construction . |
11 | You might decide to offer Work Experience to pupils to give them a taste of working life while they are still at school , or you might offer a teacher a secondment to industry . |
12 | You could receive a lot of heavy bills which you had not anticipated , or you might suffer a car accident and find that the other person is not insured , or if your spouse has died you may be left with debts that you were unaware of . |
13 | She handled one of her breasts sorrowfully , the way you might handle a bird with a broken wing . |
14 | ‘ I thought you might fancy a drink , ’ he said , without preamble . |
15 | You might want a 5.25-inch drive too , but it 's a luxury . |
16 | Thought you might want a lift . |
17 | If you parted the net curtains and peered sideways and upwards you could see one tiny piece of bright blue sky , but you might pull a muscle doing it . |
18 | Respondents were therefore also asked : Are there any circumstances in which you might break a law to which you were very strongly opposed ? |
19 | You should edit your notes , just as you might edit a computer file . |
20 | If there is a need for improved services in your area , you might start a pressure group to approach the local transport authority on the subject . |
21 | Or you might prefer a Rennie Mackintosh square to complement your customised , Glasgow-style gown and stationery . |
22 | ( 1 ) An important printed heading for a wide topic ( one for which you might draw a pattern diagram ) can be ringed , or outlined by a rectangle of red lines . |
23 | ‘ The way this has been done , you might think a god was to blame . |
24 | Benson says : ‘ Whatever profession you 're in , you can have a bad night — like you might misspell a word sometimes . |
25 | ‘ And I think you might show a bit of gratitude . |
26 | The idea is that if you ca n't donate cash , you might give an antique to go towards Phillip 's Telethon effort . |
27 | For example , you might do a survey on potato crisps . |
28 | Well it makes you feel that you might do a bit of work with something |
29 | Know you might feel a bit disappointed . |
30 | Well that 's probably the vodka that makes you feel sick , if you drunk other things you might feel a bit better . |