Example sentences of "but he might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he might hold the rest at the Earn until our fifteen hundred come up from the south . ’ |
| 2 | He never does normally but he might do it today . |
| 3 | But he might head east . ’ |
| 4 | But he might conclude that the damage to law 's role would be small and the economic gains great , and so decide to award no damages . |
| 5 | But he might expect you to trust your estuary lands more than you should , and give him battle west of Dunedin where he would have you between his ships and his army . |
| 6 | A landowner could have his monument protected if he wished but he might prefer to maltreat it or destroy it completely . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's sedated , but he might recognize you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It is n't the weather for sightseeing , but he might care to look at the old Adlon hotel . ’ |
| 9 | He had no intention , he said , of being part of a permanent commune , he had his medical degree to get , but he might think of coming there for his holidays . |
| 10 | But he might go back to some part of his childhood . ’ |
| 11 | Nobody could deny Mr Gummer this small triumph , but he might make more friends if he did n't always insist on making such a meal of it . |
| 12 | It did occur to me that since everyone seemed to be playing a game with rules unknown to me , Robert might not be concerned only that I would be bored by myself , but he might want me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 13 | ‘ No , but he might own a boat . |
| 14 | but he might know |
| 15 | Now I 'm not saying Ian Rush missed the boat entirely , but he might find it pretty interesting when Gullitt and Van Basten discuss their life and work in Italy on Grandstand ( BBC1 , Saturday ) . |
| 16 | He might lose himself in the books sometimes , but he might find the Key there , too . |
| 17 | But he might get the wrong person for his needs , possibly due to vacation , sickness , or the respondent may misunderstand the question , indeed , may well be unaware that certain information actually exists . |
| 18 | ‘ But … but he might get angry with you , Mammy . |
| 19 | But he might get there first . |
| 20 | Manningham had said he was n't for sale , but he might consider double the figure offered . |
| 21 | He would not give them as long , probably , but he might allow a day or two . |
| 22 | And this is important because a man might look very well from one side but he might look like a cheese from another , and that would be a distraction . |
| 23 | No , sure she 'd no notion where to find him , but he might ring the house in an hour or so , to see if there were any messages . |
| 24 | But he might have had time to move . |
| 25 | Presumably he was drunk , but he might have been ill , or even dead . |
| 26 | He was a good person to be in the band in the early days but he might have held them back later on because he is not as good a drummer as Simon , and that 's putting it mildly . |
| 27 | There is no doubt Norman 's aggressive form of golf is one of the reasons why he appeals to galleries so much , but he might have to contain himself a bit more if he hopes to win on a more regular basis in the future . |
| 28 | Howard would have approved of the improvement in pay and conditions of service and greater emphasis on training but he might have been quite surprised at the eventual outcome of well-meaning initiatives . |
| 29 | Hunting for diamonds on a fastflowing river may be a rewarding pastime , but he might have learned to swim first ! |
| 30 | But he might have differently had he known Gilbert Kaplan . |