Example sentences of "might [adv] [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potential competitors such as the hot-shot Mac-to-Unix people at Quorum Software , who might eventually find their market niche too narrow , are also said to be watching . |
| 2 | Just as the partisan might eventually lose his faith in the stranger , so the theist might lose his or her faith in God . |
| 3 | Though they might thereby earn their spurs as ‘ good practitioners ’ , their children may gain rather less than if they had experienced a more varied and exact mode of discourse . |
| 4 | I was forced to pay more attention to lessons in science and history at Varndean , purely so that I might better understand my other , shadowier tutelage . |
| 5 | You might perhaps change your mind . ’ |
| 6 | If ‘ that bloody woman ’ had heard him utter such a curse , she would have ripped into him with a piece of her mind , then he would have whipped her with his tongue , then this sop of a man before him would have got between them , and afore you knew it , there would be a full-scale war waging — and in the heat of the moment he might foolishly betray his devious plans to boot the lot of them out of his house and out of his life . |
| 7 | Suddenly it is all about hard work , grafting for each other and scratching for the odd result that might suddenly spark your confidence . |
| 8 | But since to say as much might only set his back up , ‘ Yes , ’ she lied pleasantly , but felt not at all happy with the lie however pleasantly put , and went swiftly on , ‘ Er — do you — er — know Mr Gajdusek by any chance ? ’ |
| 9 | She might only lose her temper about once every five years , but when she lost it , boy , did she lose it , and events these last few days had been urging her dangerously near to boiling-point . |
| 10 | It takes a good deal of suppleness to be able to get both your elbows onto the ground — you might only get your hands flat on the floor to begin with . |
| 11 | On the other hand , we might so frame our problem that we felt it would be impossible to solve it unless we carried out detailed fieldwork . |
| 12 | We make it impossible to use , when in fact that voice might greatly strengthen our writing . |
| 13 | ‘ Her eyesight 's not too good now , ’ she continued , as though that might somehow render her mother 's behaviour less odd , as though by mere words she could be converted into a harmless , ordinary , ageing old lady , just like other people 's mothers . |
| 14 | Yesterday , even as he took over from Mr Krenz , he was speculating that he might soon lose his job if the East German parliament decided to replace the Council of State with an executive president . |
| 15 | You might just remind your team that I would n't be working with IMP if they did n't think I was up to the job . |
| 16 | Maybe it might just make his mother realize he was alive . |
| 17 | And if Pickerings does come through he might just get his picture on the wall . |
| 18 | I asked her to phone because I thought you might just recognise my voice and as we did n't part on the best of terms … ’ |
| 19 | Remember that next time , it might just save your life . ’ |
| 20 | But knowing how to make a fire might just save your life one day , so you 'd better watch me carefully in case you have to do this yourself . ’ |
| 21 | He gives ya quality gear but he do n't take no shit , and if you dare to call him Mister he might just shoot your crawly ass off . |
| 22 | He gives ya quality gear but he do n't take no shit , and if you dare to call him Mister he might just shoot your crawly ass off . |
| 23 | We 've had erm , he may see at some stage , he might just see my son Christopher |
| 24 | Erm I mean I 'm concerned again through his eyesight that i were we to put him as the assistant and put him on a machine , that he might just put his hand somewhere and get his hand bloody trapped or whatever with his eyesight . |
| 25 | ‘ And someone asking questions might just jog his memory . ’ |
| 26 | you might just hear our |
| 27 | Faced with a classroom of Sioux children , a white American teacher , who is unaware of their culture , might easily interpret their behaviour as a reflection of ignorance , stupidity or hostility . |
| 28 | It could and did reach conclusions upon policy , but the final decision rested with the Queen , who seldom attended meetings and might easily ignore their conclusions . |
| 29 | Without this intimidating ring of fire the herd might easily smash its way out . |
| 30 | I might easily lose my sense of our quarry . ’ |