Example sentences of "it might [vb infin] [num] " in BNC.

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1 It might give one power .
2 But I suppose it might explain one of the greatest mysteries of her 40-year reign — where she gets those shoes and handbags .
3 You said it might make two sheets .
4 In the end I got to the state when it might happen three or four times a day .
5 I mean , I 'll get a box sent to me and it might get one spin at home so that I can relax , sort of wipe my brow knowing it does n't jump , the quality 's good and it 's loud enough … ’
6 He said that it might take two to three years to arrive at the complete version of the social audit , which will be sent to all shareholders with the financial statements .
7 I thought it might take two years of training . ’
8 Well no it 's only seventy pee a roll it might take two rolls but at least it 's , sort of , done .
9 It might take five moves , or 10 , or 15 , to get to the goal , but when that happens , it is not because the player looked ahead that number of moves .
10 When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes .
11 It might take four or five years for the matter to be sorted out by the NVQ Committee .
12 It might take millions of years before the spacecraft encountered a suitable planet , and billions before the result of its efforts would produce an intelligent lifeform , if at all .
13 It might take twenty , thirty , forty years , but then — ’
14 The suggestion that it might occupy 10 per cent of curriculum time in order to do justice to it and its importance in general , and for all other subjects in particular , is normally greeted with frank incredulity .
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