Example sentences of "might [vb infin] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 2 | This in turn might compensate for a reduced number of active cones and visual neurons per unit of retinal area . |
| 3 | When the Ottoman empire declared war on a foreign state its unfortunate representative in Constantinople was very often immediately thrown into the Seven Towers prison there , where he might stay for a considerable time . |
| 4 | These advantages appear to me to outweigh the disadvantages identified by Mr of there being more outsiders in the family household , possibly homesick and unhappy carers who are not living in their own homes , but at the establishment and the trouble and worry to the of what would be not infrequent , recruitment of new carers for Mrs , I hope perhaps a trifle pessimistically thought that on average carers would not spend more than about a year of course , some longer , some shorter , because such carers necessarily had to be fairly young , fit , strong people and the stresses and strains of the er the whole business she thought would lead to reasonably rapid turnover , not the emergence of long-term carers who might stay for a number of years , er , as I say I 'd rather hoped that she may be unduly pessimistic about that , but , that , I accept what she says about it . |
| 5 | She might stay for a a weekend or something , but I mean erm |
| 6 | Few performers would be entirely happy touring the country as , say , Oswald Mosley , although it might make for a more interesting evening dramatically . |
| 7 | So I thought an illustration of Mark 's later playing , as demonstrated on Dire Straits latest album ‘ On Every Street ’ , might make for a welcome change . |
| 8 | It was a syndrome I had observed in other service marriages , not least in that of my own parents , and I have sometimes thought what a good subject it might make for a novel or play . |
| 9 | Tight perms also tend to look harsh , so you might opt for a softer , wavier look . |
| 10 | They also sensed that it would help them to make sure that managed competition was made to work ; they feared that , if it failed , politicians might opt for a government-run programme that would cut them out entirely . |
| 11 | Four friends will be keeping pace with him on the ground , carrying all the spares he might need for a flight which is expected to last for a month . |
| 12 | However , with the solitary exception of Sophie Haibel 's mention of ‘ extraordinary grimaces with his mouth , ’ which might qualify for a complex motor tic , Simkin then proceeds to deflate his argument by begging the question when he assigns inappropriately several examples of Mozart 's humorous hyperactivity to the category of motor ‘ Tourettisms . ’ |
| 13 | This machine is no exception , and the quality of the build is better than you might expect for a bog-standard clone . |
| 14 | He had no intention of drinking the stuff , but it might do for a shave . |
| 15 | The broom was there , sawdust , a pile of dirty pots , two kegs of ale , but nothing that might do for a skirt . |
| 16 | Celia , what about the fabrics that you might use for a baby ? |
| 17 | " You take after your father , liking sex , " she 'd say in the regretful tone you might use for a hereditary disease . |
| 18 | ‘ And ambushing might work for a long-legged frog like Ferd , but I do n't think I could leap out of a bush if I tried . |
| 19 | This was interpreted as constituting an indirect rejection of one passage in a report on the Western Sahara presented by Boutros-Ghali at the beginning of June in which the parties were given until Aug. 30 to reach an accord , failing which , it said , the Security Council might look for a different approach . |
| 20 | More precisely , we might look for a set of conditions or circumstances which lead to the expectation that Creole would be used in an interaction . |
| 21 | And then , you know you think well erm , this sort of the area we 're going , I might look for a person , you know , particular types of person . |
| 22 | Mrs Geary paused , as a musician might pause for a climax , while the water in her saucepan regained its just heat . |
| 23 | If travelling in a car , you might stop for a few minutes as a penalty , refusing to speak to the child until he behaves . |
| 24 | There are some very good authors in the list , but recalling that there has never been a good book on poppies or penstemons , one might wish for a little more innovation in such lists . |
| 25 | If the government of Stalinvast realized the import of the death-fleet 's arrival , the orbital monitors might resist for a while . |
| 26 | One councillor who attended the meeting , however , believed much still depended on whether BS might apply for a Department of Transport grant to enable the rail service to continue . |
| 27 | Last week BR suggested that BS might apply for a special Government grant , possibly 100 per cent , to modernise the Redmire railhead by installing a conveyor system . |
| 28 | Have any events taken place in the last ten years which might call for a reassessment of that view or a more optimistic response in your work ? |
| 29 | Now Archbold might try for a double in tomorrow 's 5,000 metres event , though he is also hoping to break the course record in the Vaux Old Pit races 10K at Sunderland on Wednesday night . |
| 30 | well erm , I 'll see if this one 's a boy , probably in a couple of years we might try for a girl , I do n't know |