Example sentences of "[pers pn] might [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , you 've got an education , you 're prepared to work , you 've got the right background and everything … if you could explain more I might be able to help more . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I had hoped that I might be able to find you some accommodation around here , but apparently it 's the duty of your local council in London to rehouse you and nobody else wants to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I might be able to swing you a season ticket , why ? ’ |
| 4 | Could you tell me the name of the maple that has interesting white-striped branches and trunk , and where I might be able to purchase one ? |
| 5 | Her relations were keen that I should meet her , perhaps because they hoped in desperation that I might be able to help her . |
| 6 | ‘ I might be able to come to your school for two days a week , ’ said the boy . |
| 7 | ‘ I might be able to persuade him . ’ |
| 8 | After I moved to my apartment in the Hotel España I kept hoping I might be able to persuade you to come and share it , or at least to take the one next to mine , which was empty . |
| 9 | ‘ There I might be able to help you . |
| 10 | I might be able to pull him out . ’ |
| 11 | Having read December 's issue I feel I might be able to help Laddie the unkempt Cocker from December 's Post Bag . |
| 12 | Although very bad at following directions , I might be able to find Tobernalt , the Well of Lunatics . |
| 13 | By straining my eyes , I thought I might be able to see Donegal across the bay . |
| 14 | I might be able to help . |
| 15 | Hopefully we can pull the giant eel right out the water and if not , I might be able to throw a net over it . ’ |
| 16 | I felt that I might be able to apply what I learned — if indeed I learned anything — to my attempts to reconstruct the life of Elsie . |
| 17 | ‘ I might be able to tell you the names of your ferns . |
| 18 | ‘ If I can get drunk enough on this stuff I might be able to get away with it at the next repatriation board . ’ |
| 19 | I desperately wanted to give him hope — by then I had begun reading the ‘ complementary ’ literature and was coming to realise all I might be able to do for myself . |
| 20 | If you like the idea , let us know ; if enough of you like the idea and say you do , I might be able to persuade the editor to make this a regular event . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps , for a consideration , I might be able to arrange something . ’ |
| 22 | If I thought that I might be able to count on your friendship , despite all that 's happened , then … |
| 23 | You never know , someday I might be able to pay you back . |
| 24 | I might be able to offer him a lift . |
| 25 | ‘ I think I might be able to work it into London . |
| 26 | ‘ Aye , got better than that , William Davies , ’ Hari said , ‘ come on , I might be able to find you a bit of soup as well as some bread . ‘ |
| 27 | ‘ Let me see your jewels , I might be able to find you a buyer who will give you a good price . |
| 28 | My hope is that with the aid of a little psychology , I might be able ( without becoming abstruse ) to clarify what these fine ideals mean , and thus to contribute to the debate about how they might be best promoted . |
| 29 | ‘ I might be able to persuade him … ’ |
| 30 | Most of the staff were responsible for making these monsters and since I 'm such a nice person , I might be able to help . |