Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] might [vb infin] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 2 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |
| 3 | That 's like full of about dozen or so papers each one I think , if it 's the book I 'm thinking of , is about a different community or a different language er so you might find some information about Samoa where there 's a different societal hierarchical structure . |
| 4 | I wondered as I thought of secrets if I might find some release in telling Lili the thing that festered in my soul , and I asked her if she would listen . |
| 5 | Instead he said , ‘ I was going to ask you if we might have some breakfast . |
| 6 | Helen postponed telephoning , as one might hoard some delicacy , to savour it the longer in anticipation . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly these features are principally confined to the cities of the province , though we might expect some form of provision at those sites where water transport clearly played a part in moving bulky products like building stone or pottery ( p. 43 ) . |