Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [prep] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to Grenoble and discovered they had a small project on the outskirts , which had been a piece of wasteland ; they ploughed it all down , replanned it , had a complete new housing estate , hotel , the lot , in less than five years , where the City Council would be thinking about which bit of land to use , what to put there , how to do it , and ten years later they might think about producing a plan , and ten years after that ( that 's twenty years on ) something would appear . |
| 2 | We suggested in the last chapter that in some situations you might think about producing a lecture on video instead of recording it as it happens . |
| 3 | An example of what you might study in obtaining a CAM diploma in PR for Commercial Organizations : |
| 4 | Suppose , for example , you wanted to write an essay on ‘ Health ’ ; you might begin by making a list of the points you wished to include . |
| 5 | Whereas Hitler might hesitate before invading a fellow-member of the Anti-Comintern Pact , he would be unlikely to do so if liberalism returned to Spain , aided and abetted by his enemies . |
| 6 | ‘ Sorry about the bang , ’ she called , much as someone might apologise for slamming a car door too loudly , and she started to walk towards him . |
| 7 | He had intended to sweep aside any reservations Kingdom might have about revealing a patient 's secrets by pointing out the overriding importance of finding Heather , but , instead , he had become meek and subdued , as if content to accept Kingdom 's judgement unreservedly on how much or how little he could divulge . |
| 8 | This had been his message to those in the world who thought that their duty might lie in saving a brother in the world , or a cause from destruction at the hands of the infidel . |