Example sentences of "[pron] might [vb infin] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , if I asked you to describe paper to someone who had never seen it before , you might suggest they visualise it as a sort of hard , smooth ‘ cloth ’ . |
| 2 | Looking quickly at paintings such as Pounding Foam or A Winter Sea , you might think they were expressionist works by Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning . |
| 3 | You might think they would all be terrified of having their family and acquaintances find out . |
| 4 | Xerox ( the ‘ X ’ in Xsoft ) was the company responsible for the world 's first GUI ( it says here ) , so you might think they know a thing or two about how to dress up Windows … |
| 5 | Put like that and you might think they had it coming . |
| 6 | National Scenic Areas ( NSAs ) are designated in recognition of exceptional value to the country , and you might expect they would afford protection from damaging commercial developments . |
| 7 | You might say they are two levels of the same thing , like the high and low churches of Christianity . ’ |
| 8 | Charitably , you might say they represent the struggle of a generation to come to terms with a responsibility and authority they would once have rejected . |
| 9 | Uncharitably , you might say they were middle-class people who have long since sold out and ceased to do anything about changing the world short of creating more personal angst for themselves . |
| 10 | " You might say they are Indian beads , " the girl said . |
| 11 | You might find they 're with the scrap . |
| 12 | Both tortoises and armadillos are animals that carry around their own suit of armour , and at first glance we might think they were related . |
| 13 | I think you know , Lincolnshire has done a dam good job for the people in Lincolnshire whether it in roads , whether it be old peoples homes , or whether it be in schools , whether it be in fire stations , police stations , I admit to where one could say across the board , they could compare , that they could compare , they might compare they might live in one area and work in another . |
| 14 | They might think they can do so by managing it better , by motivating the managers better , by putting the firm together with something else , or in other ways . |
| 15 | The malais might have put the torch to the field , they might think they 've exterminated all the creatures in it , but there 'll always be one woodchuck left . |
| 16 | They might think they 're getting away with it , a lot of people who , who , I mean being unemployed is n't , you tend , people tend to feel devalued and so if they can think oh , they 've put one over on that , on the er , benefit office , then they 'll go and brag down the pub about it . |
| 17 | Or they might decide they want to learn how to read , that they want information about birth control , or advice about getting rid of a caique ( local boss ) . |
| 18 | The wife of rock knight Bob Geldof added : ‘ It 's not worth it , and they might find they get enormous satisfaction staying at home . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't think they 'll say it , but they might find they are |
| 20 | What might have they have had to measure the time as it passed ? |