Example sentences of "[noun prp] might [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the role of Ptah might appear to be very definitive , but it offers a particular explanation of existence . |
| 2 | The dossier outlining how Richard Branson might conquer the North Atlantic air-routes arrived the next day . |
| 3 | Once again Harry 's deep reluctance was overcome only by a deeper fear of what Deuce might do if he disobeyed . |
| 4 | Claudia shrugged her shoulders ; that aspect of it only bothered her because of the way Dana might react . |
| 5 | And Tristram might have sent it to Beatrix when he realized he was dying . |
| 6 | Adam Ant and Duran Duran might have worn just as much greasepaint and hairspray , but they were post-punk dandies in leather trousers , whose heterosexuality was never open to question ( ie they grabbed their crotches ) . |
| 7 | Once the prickly and nationalistic de Gaulle had retired from French politics , France suggested in the early 1970s that WEU might provide a link between it and NATO . |
| 8 | Gibson Keddie might argue that Jack Bruce is the most famous exponent of the Bass VI , but the argument is n't convincing . |
| 9 | The courtyard behind was now a restaurant , and had a tree which Jean Rhys might have remembered . |
| 10 | ‘ Surrey might disagree but I rate Wasim as the most valuable cricketer in the world . |
| 11 | It is perhaps possible that were Murad II returning from a great victory , Molla Yegan might have come from Bursa to greet him , but such seems not to have been the case . |
| 12 | What Ronnie might have achieved , had he been allowed to race on completely even terms , is a matter of pure speculation . |
| 13 | Instead I consoled myself that Ellen would be pleased , and a pleased Ellen might become my shipmate all the way around the world , so really , I told myself , I was not doing this for the senator 's happiness , and not even for the twins , but for my own , and so I shook the senator 's hand . |
| 14 | ‘ He might go to seven-fifty , ’ McIllvanney said dubiously , as though the price was the only possible objection Ellen might have to whoring herself . |
| 15 | Then there 'd be the washing up … and Auntie Mary and Uncle Dennis might drop in … |
| 16 | She could n't know who Dennis might have told , man to man , after a few drinks . |
| 17 | As Oliver Hardy might have remarked , ‘ That 's another fine riff you 've gotten me into . ’ |
| 18 | As Oliver Hardy might have remarked , ‘ That 's another fine riff you 've gotten me into . ’ |
| 19 | Dr Tariq , frail and looking as though the gentle zephyr that came in off the Tigris might flatten him , could muster a savage temper when attacked . |
| 20 | ‘ Killing Angela Brickell might have been a moment 's panic . |
| 21 | Mild-mannered visitors to the West Cliff on Friday might find themselves behaving like Madonna or Elvis after Adam Night has cast his spell . |
| 22 | One can picture Hoskyns looking down from the skies and being grateful for his pupil ; and Bethune-Baker looking down and thinking that he always knew where Hoskyns might lead the Churches . |
| 23 | These lords viewed Edward III 's seizure of power with enthusiasm , believing not only that Edward might wish to wipe out the stain of the Stanhope Park campaign and the shameful peace , but also that they themselves might reap some political reward for their opposition to Mortimer in 1328 . |
| 24 | Occasionally Princess Margaret 's son , Viscount Linley , and the Princes Andrew and Edward might come to play for the afternoon but there certainly were n't the comings and goings many have assumed . |
| 25 | Cos , I mean you 've got the feeling that , did n't you that Neil might move on . |
| 26 | The masher 's intended victim was not quite so indecisive ; far from taking the opportunity to run off , leaving St George to fight the dragon on his own , she had taken the opportunity once her attacker 's attention had been diverted from her to remove her right shoe , and she now proceeded to attack him from the rear , pounding him first about the head and shoulders with the shoe , and then with her handbag shrieking , ‘ Take that , you cowardly bully , and that , ’ leaving him open to any attack Neil might care to make . |
| 27 | Erm I think Neil might benefit from knowing what the intro leaflet is . |
| 28 | Stair thrust an arm around him , laid his head on Neil 's shoulder , and said , ‘ Let me treat you to a good ‘ un at Rachel 's , Neil , ’ which completed the destruction of any desire Neil might have had to treat himself . |
| 29 | Speculation that Sir Terence Conran might have been drafted into the job was inaccurate , and he had , in fact , ruled himself out of consideration as long ago as January . |
| 30 | The one hope yesterday was that septuagenarians such as Edward Heath and Sir Trevor Skeet might find the Tories ' small majority wearisome . |