Example sentences of "might [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , one inexpensive precaution is to apply self-adhesive warning stickers on the glass at eye level : for example , on a patio door which someone might inadvertently walk or run into while their attention is fixed on the garden beyond . |
| 2 | The northern English towns might not know or care that Wall Street had crashed . |
| 3 | He might not like or respect Florian personally , but he knew he was too good a jock to lose . |
| 4 | If I saw an Indian girl being beaten up , I might just watch or walk away . |
| 5 | An invention may be potentially very beneficial but might also destroy or seriously undermine an existing business ; for example , a car engine that does 200 miles to a gallon , or an everlasting light bulb . |
| 6 | If benefits could be obtained without the closely-knit EEC structure , then the whole drive towards integration might well falter or collapse . |
| 7 | The ability to take such proceedings might well restrict or prevent public discussion of matters of public importance despite the willingness of any person wishing to take part in that discussion to take every reasonable precaution to avoid defamatory imputation against any identifiable individual . |
| 8 | Even if CGT applied , the combination of s 80 , FA 1980 ( as amended by s 94(3) , FA 1991 ) means that the application of market value at March 1982 , indexation relief and the £40,000 exemption might well reduce or eliminate CGT on any part deemed to be let . |
| 9 | The second reason was that , even were she to have a successful pregnancy and birth , she was terrified that she might one day be carrying her child in her arms when she fainted and might then drop or hurt the child in some way . |
| 10 | He believed strongly in the psychology of home territory , which invariably put witnesses at their ease and made them more likely to remember little details they might otherwise forget or overlook in strange or foreign surroundings . |
| 11 | They might occasionally encroach or anticipate , but that was all . |