Example sentences of "[noun sg] might [vb infin] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distress of your loss might make you see things . |
| 2 | The estate agent might tell you what the seller will accept , but you can make a lower offer . |
| 3 | But while we 're on the subject a dose of hard living might do you the world of good . ’ |
| 4 | Also , if two players are standing very close to each other , the computer might give you the wrong one — repeat until you get it right |
| 5 | It 's not unusual for blood pressure to go up as a result of stress , so if you have a high reading at some point , your doctor or midwife might suggest you rest and try to relax for a while before they check it again . |
| 6 | I 'm not a traitor , whatever any fool might tell you . |
| 7 | All of which helps to explain why Mr Kohl 's chances of winning re-election do not look as bad as a shrinking economy , growing budget deficit , and foreign-policy gridlock might lead you to expect . |
| 8 | A few years at work in a friendly tax climate might give you the chance to build up capital , and to keep it somewhere out of harm 's way . |
| 9 | The concentration on detail and the speaker 's reaction might prevent you from grasping the speaker 's meaning anyway . |
| 10 | However , if you pursue the associations and begin to delve into the latent content , what you often find is that those day 's residues , which are specific to that day , as Theresa was saying , relate to more general erm situations , or indeed to things that actually happened in the past which that particular aspect of that particular day might remind you of . |
| 11 | He does n't agree that you should say , ‘ Is he all right ? ’ to the owner , as ‘ the dog might think you have issued a challenge ’ . |
| 12 | But we undid the fire door , which was fortunate we were by it and I said look I 'll take you outside the fresh air might revive you . |
| 13 | If that period has been broken , or if you work only part-time , the small print of the legislation might exclude you from its scope . |
| 14 | In a certain language your analysis might show you that there are , say , three basic stems for each verb ; once you have determined that , elicit all three stems of every new verb you collect . |
| 15 | The total sum might give you a shock but will also help you to be more ruthless at the start and put changes into effect . |
| 16 | The use of zeolite to remove the ammonia might allow you to stock more fish — but it would also interrupt the ‘ flow ’ of nitrites to the bacteria and stop them multiplying . |
| 17 | ’ One other thing might interest you ’ , he added . |
| 18 | Encyclopedic knowledge of the world might inform you that the writer is a member of ‘ Mad Mental ’ ( a street gang ) and that the intended addressees are members of ‘ The Insects ’ ( another street gang ) . |
| 19 | Solow 's book might mislead you into assuming that theorem appreciation is best learned by appreciating theorems ; but Burn looks at the raw materials that make theorems possible . |
| 20 | To soothe the discomfort , if the thrush is severe , your doctor might give you pessaries — pills you put directly in the vagina — or cream . |
| 21 | To soothe the discomfort , if the thrush is severe , your doctor might give you pessaries — pills you put directly in the vagina — or cream . |
| 22 | A printer might let you have a bundle of waterproof paper wrappers from his reams of paper . |
| 23 | Alternatively , your neighbour might pay you the value OAES * to have a tree of size S * ; . |
| 24 | The patient might tell you |
| 25 | The patient might tell you what if , if the casualty was still able to talk , they might be able to give you the history of how they became like they were , received a blow , got kicked , fell onto something hard , okay and so on and so on , they might be able to tell you themselves , give some indication , right , you would remove and loosen off all tight clothing , okay , loosen off the clothing for them and then treat them for shock and then refer them to urgent medical attention , nil by mouth on any account , okay ? |
| 26 | An enquiry of the publisher might furnish you with material for another item ( with another cartoon , please , e.g. of the one with the girl who has collected toadstools and is saying scornfully to her friend who has gathered mushrooms : ‘ Dump those , they 're harmless ’ ) . |
| 27 | The whole solution to this problem might cost you less than £10 , and even that outlay is allowing for lots of future use . |
| 28 | ‘ You warned me Artai 's reward might make you independent of me . ’ |
| 29 | If you 're not registered , and want the latest version , you 've got to pay the full whack ( less any discounts the dealer might offer you ) . |
| 30 | ‘ I do understand that reading a recipe might make you panic . |