Example sentences of "might turn [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another worry for the police is the possibility of a confrontation between New Age travellers who might turn up at Stow , the traditional travellers want to make it plain that if they do , they will not be made welcome . |
| 2 | Another worry for the police is the possibility of a confrontation between New Age travellers who might turn up at Stow , the traditional travellers want to make it plain that if they do , they will not be made welcome . |
| 3 | They might turn up on time and do all the right things , or they might not . |
| 4 | The executive might turn up in trainers and the double glazing salesman in a suit . |
| 5 | There was always that slight excitement and uncertainty about living in a London parish — one never knew who might turn up in church on Sunday . |
| 6 | Is not one of the problems of Russia in its current economic difficulties that the country might turn in on itself and revert to its usual historic xenophobic tendencies ? |
| 7 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 8 | Air transport was ruled out because of the danger of crashes on land , which in this case , because of the route , might turn out to be US soil in Alaska . |
| 9 | They might turn out to be the truth , for all Mungo knew , but he was not yet ready to take the shabby magician fully into his confidence . |
| 10 | The beam weapons that might seem invulnerable in 1983 might turn out to be no more potent than peashooters in 2033 . |
| 11 | No matter what the truth might turn out to be it would not affect Mark . |
| 12 | What that something might turn out to be he had no idea . |
| 13 | It clearly precludes the collection of data for its own sake , or just in case it might turn out to be useful ; and it requires that information shall be kept for only as long as it remains relevant . |
| 14 | And a fine mess it might turn out to be . |
| 15 | Later scholars contented themselves with trying to find an abstract basis on which gender might turn out to be logical after all . |
| 16 | Most claims about markedness involve comparisons across languages ; for example , a particular word order might turn out to be much commoner , less unexpected than the alternatives in the languages of the world or of a certain language family . |
| 17 | The danger is that they might turn out to be entirely different from how you expected them to be . |
| 18 | It was the incident of the heat sink which made Yeremi pray that he should no longer stay in his place , but might somehow enforce … a different sort of order , however paltry his contribution might turn out to be . |
| 19 | Anyway , it would do no harm to try and you never can tell , Vincent — she might turn out to be a classic Greek beauty . ’ |
| 20 | She felt Nick had made an enemy of Mr Evans and that might turn out to be dangerous . |
| 21 | Thus what at first appeared to be evidence in favour of one hypothesis might turn out to be evidence against it . |
| 22 | ‘ He might turn out to be set of sub-atomic particles bouncing around in a box in intelligent wave formations , ’ the Doctor fumed . |
| 23 | He had feared that Hope might turn out to be one of those weary and self-righteous young men who thought it witty to mock the great old institutions . |
| 24 | it might turn out to be cheaper |
| 25 | Betty thanked her for the bucket and smiled at her , and Lydia , who , if Betty went on like this , might turn out to be quite human , decided that she would take her her breakfast in bed in the morning : thin crispy toast with a scraping of butter and golden clear jasmine tea , and an egg-cupful of harebells to remind her of the sky . |
| 26 | I wonder if that final rock shelf might turn out to not be as sloping as we think it is . |
| 27 | " Well , you might turn out to be a nuisance to Edward . " |
| 28 | But grasses also have other enemies in the plant world , competitive weeds , which , if allowed to grow unchecked , might turn out to be even more severe enemies of grasses than cattle . |
| 29 | Let's say an Upper School boy , doing what might turn out to be a six week long project , he will mark it at the end of every session , well not mark it but assess it — which is slightly different — and staple little bits of paper on it with comments and suggestions , and so on . |
| 30 | With any luck this might turn out to be the workshop she was looking for ! |