Example sentences of "might [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Since aggressive animals often have higher testosterone levels than normal this might aid a male in persisting in attacks on harem males and thereby in gaining a harem . |
| 32 | I was afraid I might hurt a child the way I 'd been hurt . |
| 33 | Theorists say that a stockmarket is ‘ efficient ’ if prices take account of all information that is available that might affect a firm 's future cash flow . |
| 34 | The others are less fierce , but still prohibit any relationship that might affect a lawyer 's ability to handle a case properly . |
| 35 | That is welcome , as is a second proposal to help supervisors measure how movements in interest rates might affect a bank 's financial strength . |
| 36 | ‘ The way this has been done , you might think a god was to blame . |
| 37 | Mark market might think a backlash they , they 'd better look for himself to remind himself there 's no backlash in Highfield . |
| 38 | Somebody wants a single bed moving , somebody might want a chest of drawers moving , somebody wants some packages so there were there 's quite a lot of of work of that nature wanted . |
| 39 | Well you might find , cos they might want a drink |
| 40 | You might want a 5.25-inch drive too , but it 's a luxury . |
| 41 | Yeah but I might want a bit of help with it . |
| 42 | These were sometimes intended , as in the eighteenth century , both to provide an event in the garden and house a labourer ; but they were also directed to those of the middle class who might want a retreat in the country or a retirement home . |
| 43 | ‘ Do you think she might want a job and all ? ’ |
| 44 | Thought you might want a lift . |
| 45 | for example , each week the manager might want a list of those customers who have not cleared their debts . |
| 46 | Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting . |
| 47 | You never know , some customer might want a snap of Murder Cay one day . ’ |
| 48 | President Gorbachev 's special envoy Yevgeny Primakov visited Iraq twice in October , but suggestions that he might elicit a change in the Iraqi stance proved unfounded . |
| 49 | Other editors might make a slip , but let her so much as spell a name wrong and her telephone would blare , and some outraged lady would correct her with withering sarcasm . |
| 50 | It might make a thief think twice . |
| 51 | Then prominently display a ‘ coded cycle ’ sticker — it might make a thief think again . |
| 52 | No , it should come off , I do n't think I think you might make a hole in it |
| 53 | Jackie goes upstairs to phone her husband at work , so that he might make a trip to the shops before visiting hour . |
| 54 | So I might make a trip to . |
| 55 | We might make a diagram of the mediation process in the following way : |
| 56 | In the meantime , despite my reservations , I found myself reflecting on headvoice 's idea : I had to admit , it might make a story . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | Well what this springs up is the issue , one of the issues we started with which is democracy in the tyranny of the majority is what Mill recognizes is is that a maj well he claims to be concerned that the majority will make a decision which is against the interests of everyone , but he 's equally concerned about the issue that the majority might make a decision which is against the interests just of a picked-on minority , people with unpopular views , people who hold er members of a different religion and so on . |
| 59 | you feel exposed/that you might make a fool of yourself in front of others |
| 60 | Aggers ' biggest worry was that he might make a fool of himself bowling at Gooch after being out of the game for two years . |