Example sentences of "he might die " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might die . |
| 2 | In the first place , she did not plan to kill Fenna , although she recognised that he might die of grief or loneliness . |
| 3 | Sometimes , when he thought he might die , as Eileen had died , some deep and insatiable curiosity about life and living in him , some craving to take with him a deeper knowledge of women and their essence made him long to lie in love with her , to taste the sweetness of her mystery , to see the world just once from a vantage point where the lost and lonely flesh that is man and woman comes together in a healing synthesis . |
| 4 | A teenage couple whose baby was taken to hospital with bruises and bleeding eyes seemed unconcerned when told he might die , the Old Bailey heard yesterday . |
| 5 | ‘ James gave to Mr Gilton some pleasing indication of a change of feeling , and he prayed earnestly that he might die the Death of the Righteous . ’ |
| 6 | So , even though the man was a stranger and I was afraid of him , I began worrying about his being sick , and the idea that he might die made me feel quite desperate . |
| 7 | It had become an obsession ; he was terrified he might die before he could complete it . |
| 8 | That he might die , he did not much care , not , as he lay , and without protest , after what had already happened . |
| 9 | He told her he had been thinking of the text he had just learnt , ‘ Prepare to meet thy God , ’ and perhaps he might die tonight , and he did not know if he was ready , if his sins were all forgiven … |
| 10 | Despite being told he might die , he decided to take the risk . |
| 11 | She discovered that she was afraid of getting close , afraid of being betrayed , afraid of finding that a relationship did not solve all her problems , afraid of feeling trapped , afraid of ‘ disappearing ’ as a person , afraid of admitting that men were not all bad , afraid of losing her friends , afraid of having no more goals in life , afraid of giving up her unhappiness , afraid he might die , afraid of feeling dependent , afraid of sexual intimacy , afraid of letting go of the past , afraid that reality would not match up to the glorious fantasy … . |
| 12 | It never once occurred to him that he might die . |
| 13 | He wished he might die . |
| 14 | He might die before he had a chance to speak at all . |
| 15 | If she wished him away then he might die and it would be her fault . |
| 16 | He might die . ’ |