Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [pron] might " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , given that there might come a time when forces were available for deployment in the Middle East , it made sense for American diplomats to encourage what friends and allies they could to hold the line in the interval . |
| 2 | But this kind of literalism can actually repel some who might otherwise enjoy the band . |
| 3 | What you need to do is something like erm , may be , saying to the surgery well is there a pie a piece of equipment something you specially want that we might be able to achieve through their and if they say , Yes we want a photocopier , well how much is a photocopier , well four hundred is what the last price we got quoted , aim for four pages . |
| 4 | The figure that my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment gave included those who might be affected in other ways by premature closure . |
| 5 | So , really I do n't know what 's the best way to start , just ask you give a brief resume of where you 're at , if you 've done if you 've got it in hand , if you have n't got it hand erm and then perhaps when we 've done that we might er look at possible resources and stuff get off now . |
| 6 | If I had n't done that I might have been shot in the eye and could have gone blind . |
| 7 | The reaction to that speech - and my reaction to that , the attempt to explain and apologise — put a firm stop to any hope I might have had that I might have been a candidate for leadership of the party . ’ |
| 8 | Erm but er I learnt to write a fair hand , erm without too many flourishes , which er because I was always told that somebody might be looking at this in a hundred years time , or more . |
| 9 | What have you got that I might want ? |
| 10 | If we 're not gon na have such a good range of product , and we 've already got some what might be dud slots |
| 11 | It was gon na take quite a while so erm we got the base five as quickly as possible so that we had as many hands on the job at once and er we had some formwork getting spare so we decided to make them useful and it 's a case of we 'd got six tanks to do and if we had a breakage we ca n't afford to stop the programme so as a er , a standby , just in case , we may never use these we might three or four uses out of but if we do have a breakage we want to be able to replace that straight away so have a spare set and you 've got nothing more to do and er get the walls , get the er , the back build operation right at the very end , ongoing , till you 've got the waterproofers in er get the waterproofing up to the five meter level and er get the back build in as quickly as possible . |
| 12 | There can be little doubt that this fact proved influential in reducing the strength of the cavalry ( a strength which , as we have seen , was contracting because of the new requirements of war ) and of turning many who might have fought on horseback into men-at-arms who rode into battle , dismounted , and then fought on foot . |
| 13 | Er can you ever remember any what might be called , failed harvests or d d difficult harvests ? |
| 14 | Yeah should be able to do that you might even be able to jump by typing initial letter |
| 15 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |
| 16 | oh when I 've finished doing this I might Has Matthew decided what he 's going to do ? has he applied for university ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I had another good horse , and I thought well I 'll stick with that one , I think that one might stand a chance . |
| 19 | I think if we do that we might both discover that we can give each other a great deal of pleasure . ’ |
| 20 | So when you do this you might come out . |
| 21 | Erm , or they stop , the current speaker stops thinking that somebody might want to join in , or the erm , spea current speaker chooses the next one , but the person they choose takes so long to actually respond , the current speaker carries on , because he thinks they 're not going to say anything . |
| 22 | Third , there may be rules that do not directly sanction that which might arguably constitute a breach of fiduciary obligation , but which might be thought to assume its legitimacy . |
| 23 | And what would you say to a fourteen year old girl who might be watching this who might think of doing the same thing ? |
| 24 | The right to present was a doubtful political asset , for although it was a means of obliging some who might be useful upon a future occasion , many more might easily be alienated and mindful of the offence every Sunday . |
| 25 | These details facilitate planning , and give the police greater opportunity to protect those who wish to engage in tree speech ; the police are enabled to warn those who might be significantly inconvenienced by a proposed march to take avoiding action . |