Example sentences of "but [pron] might [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I might do it by talking to them rather than by writing to them . |
| 2 | Normally I do the computational modelling first then context but I might do it the other way round , right ? |
| 3 | But I might do in the next fifty years any of them . |
| 4 | I want to but I might change . |
| 5 | depending on whether we take the " " mayden " " as a vocative ( i.e. " girl , I love no one more than thee " ) or as the object of the lost verb of line 14 , whereby the -clause becomes a restrictive relative clause ( " I love no maiden more than you … " [ but I might love some just as much or only a bit less ] ) . |
| 6 | But I might send this out just as a holding , a holding note anyway . |
| 7 | I might be starting at Crewe or Rochdale , but I might end up at the top . ’ |
| 8 | I doubt whether there will be much opportunity for sight-seeing here , but I might manage a trip to Sao Paulo or to Rio , or to the beach , which is about 60 miles away , I think . |
| 9 | Why allowed three minutes for , but I might extend that to three and a quarter , I think , if the time goes well . |
| 10 | I do n't have time to play but , I mean to play in a concert band or anything but I might go and knock about with it for a while . |
| 11 | It sounds terrific , but I might pause to question the wisdom of such a move . |
| 12 | Yeah but I might want a bit of help with it . |
| 13 | But I might get Madge 's money back for her , if he has n't spent it already . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not going to now but I might get two . ’ |
| 15 | can I just say something but I might get an acid and a carbonate mixed up with an acid and a metal . |
| 16 | But I might say , ‘ My , your biceps are growing and you seem very fit . |
| 17 | You know if a lens comes off like , one of the mums has said , oh they do n't charge anything to put it back in , but I might see if I can erm charge them . |
| 18 | ‘ But I might look in a bit later . |
| 19 | yeah but I might wan na stay to finish , I du n no . |
| 20 | But I might have spared myself . |
| 21 | But I might have taken other examples . |
| 22 | I 'll , I 'll be going to the village hall but I might have to go back to the Cross Keys , that 's why I put Roger , perhaps I put the wrong thing on you see ? |
| 23 | I just try to forget it all now , but I might have to go back . |
| 24 | But I might have been speaking to a corpse , she was so pale and still and silent . |
| 25 | Erm , and now let's see I used to have a file on this , but I might have passed it or given all the stuff away |
| 26 | Well I said I would go , but I might have been like un-elected |
| 27 | point , okay that was a bit of wide ball but I might have taken offence at that . |
| 28 | No , but I might have known him because he might have been a junior . |
| 29 | But I might have to cancel it on what , what Deborah 's said . |
| 30 | ‘ I think I should earn more as the WBC title is recognised as a better class than the WBO but I might come to a 50-50 split . ’ |