Example sentences of "might [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their officers might experience at times a tension between enjoyment of these qualities and impatience at their collective uncooperativeness , but few of them seem to have become so downhearted that they ceased to enjoy their work . |
| 2 | As a practical man , the dairyman might laugh at love , but love has a habit of changing people 's lives . |
| 3 | This opinion was so absolutely contrary to the general view of the man that Chambers merely laughed , as anyone might laugh at eccentricity . |
| 4 | Was that the first hint , no more than a joke really , that they might stay at Wyvis Hall , that they might live there ? |
| 5 | THE BEST sit-com ever made actually began a year earlier , written by estranged Hancock creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson , but in '64 an episode was actually postponed on Election Day at the request of opposition leader Harold Wilson , who feared Labour voters might stay at home ( See ? |
| 6 | Might jeer at Strephon 's scarlet Feather ; |
| 7 | It has even refused to injunct a magazine which had published an allegation it could not justify , where it might succeed at trial for other reasons : Soraya Kashoggi sought an injunction to withdraw " Woman 's Own " from circulation when it published a statement that she was having an extra-marital affair with a Head of State . |
| 8 | You might feel at home , I think . |
| 9 | No what we said was that if you were interested to see if two variables are associated , this is for a pi squared you might look at sex differences , men and women , and smoking or non-smoking now if they were associated what we 've said is that you might for example ex in fact women 'll probably smoke more than men . |
| 10 | The notion that the surface thrusts might flatten at depth was voiced long ago ( Hayes 1891 ) , and received support from Rich ( 1934 ) , Rodgers ( 1949 ) who introduced the term ‘ thin-skinned ’ — and others , and also as time went on from drilling in the Valley and Ridge province , where roughly 1000 mostly shallow wells have been drilled . |
| 11 | The same thing might happen at Molineux . |
| 12 | Oh it could be stormy right enough but well the steamer might call at Rousay at that time and they would land the goods in Rousay the perishables for Wyre and when the weather abated we would get it from there . |
| 13 | Why , do you think she wanted to make a point of she might have at work for |
| 14 | Fame is a less brilliant commodity in England , but nevertheless he had to keep his address secret , to protect himself not only from letters and telephone calls but also from undesirable visitors who might arrive at Carlyle Mansions . |
| 15 | What is needed as far as language teachers are concerned is some way of making them aware of the problem as it relates to their professional work and of providing the means whereby they might arrive at interpretations appropriate to themselves . |
| 16 | In the event , Chapman did , having also , Mario reports , made sure that Mario understood the kinds of problems he might encounter at Ferrari . |
| 17 | I want to reserve the publication of these works for a book which will give a view of Modigliani which is much closer to reality , and very different from that which you might get at present from what has been published so far in France and abroad ’ . |
| 18 | Sir John died seven years ago , but in all that time Lavinia has not increased Benedict 's allowance , as she might well have done , nor made any provision for his accommodation , other than saying that he might live at Merchiston Lodge if he chose . ’ |