Example sentences of "he might [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of all this politics — and Ramsey 's sense that he might be reading the wrong subject , because his interests were now more modern than ancient — meant that his classics did not go as might be expected of someone who won a scholarship . |
| 2 | The allies have to remember that , even if Mr Hussein were to fall upon his ( or someone else 's ) sword tomorrow , he might be replaced the following day by someone just as dangerous and aggressive . |
| 3 | Graham Taylor is hoping that Santa wo n't give away any goals to England 's World Cup opponents — or he might be given the sack . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Owen thought he might be speaking the truth . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , it is weird , and I do n't think he is completely right in the head , Ari , but I 'm afraid it looks as if he might be telling the truth . ’ |
| 6 | Gooch , now 38 , has dropped hints in recent months that he might be approaching the twilight of his playing career but declined to speculate on his future beyond this summer . |
| 7 | The Principal , a frightful piece of lava from a volcano long extinct , actually insisted that I relinquish domestic tuition , simperingly permitted the murky phrase sexual harassment to hover in the air between us , and indicated that in the course of the aestival recess he might be reconsidering the terms and conditions of my employment . |
| 8 | It occurred to him as he was crashing about in the cupboard among his own old mackintoshes , tennis racquets , gum boots , and broken picture frames that he might be doing the wrong thing . |